Beliefs and Ideology

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What must happen for the working class to be able to overthrow capitalism?
They must first develop class consciousness
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What are some ideas and beliefs of ruling-class ideology?
Equality goes against human nature; victim blaming ideas about poverty; and racist ideas about the inferiority of ethnic minorities
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What is dual consciousness?
A mixture of ruling-class ideology and ideas developed from personal experience of exploitation
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Who are organic intellectuals?
Workers who through their anti-capitalist struggles have developed class consciousness
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Who argues that it is economic factors, such as fear of unemployment, that keep workers from rebelling?
Abercrombie et al
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What does nationalism claim?
Nations are distinct communities that have unique characteristics; they should be self-governed; and national identity should come before all others
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What does Anderson describe nations as?
Imagined communities
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What is the Marxist view of nationalism?
Nationalism is a form of false class consciousness that prevents the overthrow of capitalism by dividing the international working class
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What is the Functionalist view of nationalism?
Nationalism is a civil religion which unites everyone under a singular national community
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What does Gellner say about nationalism?
It is a form of false consciousness which uses education to impose a single national culture on every member of society
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What did Mannheim say about belief systems?
They are all a one-sided worldview as they are the viewpoint of one particular group and its interest
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What two types of belief systems does Mannheim distinguish between?
Ideological thought and Utopian thought
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What is free-floating intelligentsia?
Detached organic intellectuals who would be able to create a total worldview
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How does Pauline Marks argue science has been used to justify excluding women?
She used examples from the 19th century where educating women was thought to create a ‘new race of puny and unfeminine’ females
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What is ‘churching’?
A religious purification ritual performed on women after they have given birth
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