marxist

• althuser


  family is an ideological state apparatus
• zaretsky


  warm bath theory- family benefits bourgeoisie as emotionally supports workers with the harsh reality of working
• Engels


  modern nuclear family developed with communism

  primitive communism- hunter gatherer society,incest,stone age
• critiques of marxist perspective

  -ignore family diversity

  -assume nuclear family is dominant

  -not everyone pressured into latest technology
• how does the family benefit capitalism

  -reproducing labour power-next gen of proletariat workers

  -consume products of capitalism

  -pester power

  -media creates false needs
• critiques of marxism

  -ignore family diversity

  -ignores real benefits family provides

  -family benefits patriachy not capitalism

  -not everyone pressurised into false needs-hippies/quakers