Evaluation of Marxism

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    • Marx ignores the positive functions of religion
    • Neo-Marxists see certain forms of religion as assisting the development of class conscientiousness
    • Althusser 1971: rejects Marx's alienation as unscientific as it is based on the romantic idea of people having a 'true self'
    • Religion does not effectively control the population
    • Abercrombie, Hill and Turner 2015: in pre-capitalist society, Christianity had only a limited impact on the peasantry
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