C1 SB - Families & Relationships - Topic 6, Marxism & The Family

Question 1

What is Marxism:

Answer 1

It's a conflict theory. 
Althusser - the ideological state apparatus causes working class people to experience false class consciousness

Question 2

Engels

Answer 2

Importance of private property

Question 3

Zaretsky

Answer 3

The family act as an illusion of a safe haven for workers who are unhappy in their jobs
Women support the capitalist system as they reproduce the future generation of workers for free
The family also act as a unit of consumption allowing capitalists to continue making profit