Marxism Flashcards
(31 cards)
why dont proletariat rebel?
bourgeoisie innovations have helped indoctrinate the proletariat into state of false class consciousness
false class consciousness
disorted view of way things are
ruling class/dominant ideology
ideas and beliefs in society reinforce and justify ruling class power and blind subject class to exploitation
class consciousness
proletariat see through disorted ideology
humanist marxist
gramsci
ideas of humanist marxism
- marx gave too much importance to economy
- hegemony= acceptance of dominance of ruling class in society due to welfare payments/health and saftey rules
- focus on peoples ideas and meanings
- voluntarism= humans have free will, active agents making own history
usefulness of Gramsci?
- explains why WC dont rebel
- less de-humanising. Wc not ‘mindless’
- acknowledges benefits of capitalism eg standards of living
structuralist marxist
althusser
ideas of structuralist marxist
- 3 levels of society:
1. economic level: economy and production of goods
2. political level: gov + repressive state apparatus
3. ideological ideology: ISA teaching and justify cap ideology - determinism= structural facts determine course of history, individuals are passive
ideas of frankhurst school (adorno, marcuse, horkheimer)
- society allows variety of sexualities to make money out of it (porn, sex shops)
- criticises althusser- too concentrated on social structure
marx failed explain how capitalism control personalities. in victorian times desires manipulated in own capitalist interests
usefulness of frankhurst school?
- highlights point that economy is main influence in all aspects of our lives
- economy influences everything
what is the marxist analogy?
- superstructure: MRELF maintains the base
- Base: means and relations of production shaping super structure
helps explain how everything in society is influenced by economic factors
usefulness of marxist model?
- helps keep capitalism in place and prevent revolution from happening
- all institutions because influenced by economy they support it eg education correspondence principle
evaluation of marxist model
rather than describing society as building with economy as most impotant functionalists believe that all parts are equally important
what is historical marxism?
humans having material needs and how produce is needed to meet our needs has changed over time leading to different relations of production
what are means of production?
lands, factories, raw materials
what are relations of production?
relationships between those involved in production. means of production progress faster than relations of production due to new inventions
what did marx believe about means and relations of production?
the interplay between them led to several epochs
what are the 4 epochs?
- primitive communism
- antiquity
- feudalism
- capitalism
what is primitive communism?
where no means of production. theres equality. tribes become masters so lead to next epoch
what is antiquity?
where the means of production is lands and classes are masters and slave. when masters used slaves to work on land and gen wealth leads to next epoch
what is feudalism?
where means of production is power (steam) the classes are bourgeosie. when bourgosie become dominant over anstocracy it leads to next epoch
what is capitalism
where means of production is enterprise and classes are bourgeosie and proletariat
what happens after capitalism/ final epoch?
communism because proletariat become aware of their exploitation and create a revolution
