Proletariat:
- The working class
- Exploited by the bourgeoisie
- Sell their labour
Lumpenproletariat:
- Group of unemployed workers
- Below proletariat
- 'Reserve army of labour'
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Bourgeoisie & Petit Bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie:
- Small elite
- Exploit the proleteriat
- Own the means of production
Petit Bourgeoisie:
- Small group who owns small amounts of property
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Capitalism
- A system in which the industry is controlled by private owners for profit rather than the state
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Structural Conflict
- Society is structured along class lines in between which there is inherent class conflict due to exploitation.
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False Class Consciousness
- The proletariat is unable to recognise their exploited position within the social hierarchy
- They hold beliefs that further benefit the working class
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Ideological State Apparatus (Althusser)
- The way in which the beliefs of the ruling class dominate society.
- Functions by perpetuating a certain ideology.
- The institutions such as church, family, trade unions and law transmit thevalues of the state and indoctrinate people into believing a
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Repressive State Apparatus (Althusser)
- Perpetuates an ideology using violence and coercion
- Army, police, judiciary and prison system
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Unit of consumption
- Family is a unit that is supposed to buy the products of capitalism in order to keep the system going.
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Relations of production
- Relationship that exists between the owners and non owners of means of production.
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Alienation
- People are denied from their essential human nature
- Workers are alienated from the product of their labour.
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Superstrucure
- society's other relationships and ideas not directly relating to production including its culture, institutions, political power structures, roles, rituals, religion, media, and state
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Bourgeoisie:
- Small elite
- Exploit the proleteriat
- Own the means of production
Petit Bourgeoisie:
- Small group who owns small amounts of property
Back
Bourgeoisie & Petit Bourgeoisie
Card 3
Front
- A system in which the industry is controlled by private owners for profit rather than the state
Back
Card 4
Front
- Society is structured along class lines in between which there is inherent class conflict due to exploitation.
Back
Card 5
Front
- The proletariat is unable to recognise their exploited position within the social hierarchy
- They hold beliefs that further benefit the working class
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