marxism

• Marxism focuses on economic organisation and the amount of wealth different social classes have.
• Ideology, according to Marxism, is the use of wealth to acquire political and cultural power, with cultural ideas and values being dominated by the ruling class.
• Ruling class ideology is taught to the working class through social institutions, making them accept their low status as products of their own shortcomings.
• According to Marxism,ruling class control what culture is.
• Neo Marxism, as proposed by Antonio Gramsci in 1971, suggests individuals in capitalist society possess dual consciousness, meaning the ruling class ideology will always be promoted.
• Critics of Marxism argue that it overemphasises social class as the main source of conflict and assumes some working classes are passive victims.
• Neo-Marxists argue that there is still little sign of capitalism being overthrown.