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• What did Karl Marx believe?

  There is a conflict in the Capitalist society between the small group of the ruling class and the rest of the population that is the subject class.

  Ruling class-rich people who own land and factories

  Subject class-not wealthy, work in the factories.
• What did Engles say?


  During primitive communism marriage and family was not needed in the groups/promiscuous hordes-survival was more important. But fathers now needed to know who their children were so that they could pass down the property to the next generation of workers.

  Family was now serving the interests of the economy.

  The main function of the family was to subordinate women and pass on property to the next generation of males.
• Criticisms of Engels


  A lot of monogamous marriage+nuclear families are in a lot of tribes/groups.

  The Promiscuous hordes might be part of his imagination.
• Differences between Marxism and Functionalism


  Marxism-conflict theory

  Functionalists-consensus theory
• What did Zaretsky say about the family?


  Families were the unit of production before industrialisation, they have now all split up and work in the factories.

  Families are unable to support the psychological needs of the members. He argues that the family might cushion the effects of capitalism, but it can't help the alienation.
• What does Cooper say?

  He focuses on how the children are treated- Children are taught to be obedient so that they are preparing the kids for the next generation of workers.