marxism

Cards (18)

  • conflict theory between ruling and working class
  • family socialises its members to accept and value capitalism to reproduce and maintain inequality
  • dont like traditional nuclear family as it supports capitalism
  • althusser
    family and institutions are apart of ideological state apparatus to control how individuals think in society to benefit capitalism
  • althusser
    family socialises members to accept capitalism and think its fair - false class consciousness to prevent revolution
  • althusser
    eg. child obeys parent - employee obeys boss - power relationship
  • althusser EVALUATION
    child liberationists say parent dominance only makes a child dependent, not benefitting the capitalistic society
  • althusser EVALUATION
    outdated, media can be more influential in making the family loose some of its functions
  • engels
    monogamous nuclear family passes private property to heirs to prevent distribution of wealth and power to maintain patriachy
  • engels
    says this oppresses women as their only role is to produce heirs and argues women will reach liberation from patriachal control when capitalism is replaced by communism - classless society
  • engels EVALUATION
    marxist feminists agree with women being expolited and blame capitalism
  • engels EVALUATION
    benson 'slaves of wage slaves' no power in family
  • marcuse
    families generate profit to ruling by consumption eg. adverts for children making them use pester power.
  • marcuse
    benefit ruling class as they sell the products so stay rich and poerful by family consumption while family work harder
  • marcuse EVALUATION
    not passively brainwashed into buying the products
  • marcuse EVALUATION
    postmodernists argue the things we buy are what creates our individual identities.
  • zaretsky
    people are led to believe the family is a haven but this an ideological illusion - women perform labour of love and unpaid domestic labour for men to be refreshed for capitalistic work
  • zaretsky EVALUATION
    functionalists disagree ' warm bath theory' happy place for everyone