Outline and explain 2 ways in which the family supports capitalism. Flashcards

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Engels

  • clear economic function for capitalism, ensuring wealth remained in the hands of the bourgesouise
  • family relations, based on clear legal contracts, facilitate inheritance and therefore when the rich die it maintains there wealth by passing it down a generation
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Ideological function

  • family is an ideology in that it socialises children into idea that hierarchy and inequality is inevitable
  • parents power over children warms them to the idea that there is always someone in charge, prepares for workforce

Zaretsky- family offers an apparent ‘haven’ from the harsh exploitive world of capitalism

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