3. Conflict: Marxism Flashcards
What is marxist’s main belief
Life is unfair, deal with it and get on
What era was Karl Marx born into
1818-1893 Germany
Communist/Capitalist
What are the 5 problems with capitalism
Modern work is alienated
Modern work is insecure
Workers get little, capitalists get rich
Capitalism is unstable
Capitalism is bad for capitalists
What is alienation
Remove and disconnecting what you do to who you are
What was Marx’s view in profit
Capitalists see it as a reward
Profit is the effort of your work force
What does Marx’s mean by Ideology
capitalists society believes relate back to economy
evil capitalism, teaches us all to be unfair
What did Marx want
Communism, no private property
central control of education
free transport
Who are the bourgeoisie
ruling class
owns the mean of production
Who are the proletariat
working class
own nothing, sell labour for a wage
Why is the lego movie a capitalist society
The bourgeoisie exploit the proletariat, manipulating into alienation of their works and ideologies
What did Louis Althusser argue
education produces class inequality by failing success generations of working class
legitimates by training students to believe inequality in inevitable and we deserve our positions
What is Repressive State Apparatus
maintain the rule of bourgeoisie by force
police, courts, army
What is the Ideological State Apparatus
Maintain bourgeoisie rule by controlling people’s values and beliefs
religion, media, education
How do schools transmit the ideology that capitalism is reasonable
work experience to train you to obey and become a proletariat
attitudes toward work
How do schools prepare students to accept future exploitation
uniform prepares you
How does pupils becoming managers and decision makers through qualifications legitimate their power
more qualifications = more power
creates hierarchy in society
What did Bordieu think
Cultural Capital
What is cultural capital
cultural - dominance in the education system is based on possession of cultural capital
capital - those who come from middle class have more access to dominant class
What three things does Cultural capital include
Habitual
Working class
Middle class
What is Habitus
Each social class has its own cultural framework and set ideas
What are some working class factors
less disposable income
shop @ luck
work long hours for more labour intensive jobs
public state schools
The mirror, the sun, the daily mail
What are some middle class factors
Holidays abroad
shop @ MandS
disposable incomes
savings
private schools
The telegraph, the Times
What did Illic and Freire think
Reward those who accept school regime with qualifications and those who don’t confirm end up in lower jobs and don’t continue the school line
What is Hegemony/ Hegemonic control
Dominance in society of ruling class ideas over other and acceptance and consent to them by the rest of society
control the working class achieved by hegemony
