Marxism on Religion
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- Created on: 13-12-18 20:42
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- Religion: Marxism
- 'the opium of the people'
- religion acts as opiate to dull the pain produced by oppression
- makes people not think for themselves
- religion acts as opiate to dull the pain produced by oppression
- 'dulls pain of oppression'
- promises eternal bliss = Engels argues promise of afterlife gives people something to look forward to
- those who suffer poverty will be rewarded for their virtue
- justifies social order
- ''all things bright & beautiful'
- 'god made them high and lowly'
- helps those at bottom of hierarchy to accept their situation philisophically
- 'god made them high and lowly'
- ''all things bright & beautiful'
- form of social control
- religion discourages people from trying to change their position
- provides illusion of hope in hopeless situations
- produces FCC = diverts attention from source of oppression & maintains ruling class power
- 'the opium of the people'
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