MARX

• • Marx was critical of the capitalist economic system, which he saw as exploitive and alienating for workers
• • Marx work emphasised social class and economic relations in shaping social structures and instituations
• • Marx argued that the capitalist class controlled the means of production and exploited the working class and caused class conflict
• • Marx helped the development of a critical theory of society that emphasised the importance of economic relations and class struggle in shaping social structures and instituations