sociology- marixsm

• what is the bourgoesie

  the higher class
• what is the proletariat

  the working class
• exploitation - workers are paid less than they produce so capitalists can make profit
• what is primitive communism

  the earliest stage of society where there was no explotiation and equality
• what is false class conciousness

  idea that society are accepting of the exploitation of the higher class
• what is an ideology

  an idea spread by institutions
• what is mystical fog

  fog creates an illusion you cant push through
• what is true class conciousness

  understanding of the opression from the higher classes
• what is the ancient society

  based on the explotation of slaves who are tied to their owners
• what is the fuedal society

  exploitation of serfs who are tied to land owners
• what is the capatalist society

  based on the eplotiation of free wage labourers
• what is hegemony

  ideological and moral leadership of society enabling the ruling class to keep power
• what is conventinal marxism

  focus on class struggle and ant to overthrow capatalism
• what is false compensation

  individuals or groups are promised or offered compensation for their labour
• what is class conflict

  ongoing struggle between classes
• what is means of production

  recources used in production proces including factories,land and raw materials
• what is repressive state apparatus

  institutions/ mehagnisms through which a state exercises control and repression over citiznes
• what is idelogical state aparatus

  institutions that reinforce dominant ideologies and values in society
• what is infrastructure

  physical/organisational structures that are necessary for a functioning society
• what is the superstructure

  social,political and cultural institutions that arise from he support of the econommy
• what is karl marxs ideas about society

  progress toward a better society would occur through revolutionary change and a revolution would only occur through the conscience activity of humans and if everyone works together
• what is gramsci's humanistic marxism theory

  humans were able to make consciousness choice that would shape society which would have a bigger effect that would overthrow capitalism to generate socilism
• what is gramsci's voluntarism theory

  humans have free will and are not puppets
• what is one way according to gramsci which continues the dominance of the ruling class

  coercion via the police armed forces and ourts as they are owned and ruled by the rich.
• what is the second way according to gramsci which continues the dominance of the ruling class

  via hegemoney and ideology as the prolateriat are persuded to belive the ruling class is legitimate which prevents rebellion
• why is it argued hegemony of the ruling class is never complete

  the ruling class are the minority class, proletariat have dual conciousness which enables them to see through dominant ideology
• what is grampscis organic intellectuals theory

  they would lead a prolaterian as they woud be listend to and followed which would make the rules of society change faster
• what does althusser criticise and why

  he criticises marxs base superstrucutre where maarxs argues that economic base actions of its superstructure of ideology.
• in the strucutral determinsim theiry capatalism operates on what three levels

  economic , political, ideological
• what is the two way causality theory

  the analogy is the three storey house where the top floor is the family (ideological), middle floor is the office (political) and bottom flooris the shop (economy).
• what do althusser and craib argue

  we are puppets on strings and dont have a free will and we meritocracy is a myth