Culture As A System - Marxism Flashcards
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Focuses on
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Economic organisation of modern societies
2
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Capitalist societies
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Characterised by class inequalities of wealth, income
3
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Karl Marx
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Saw capitalist societies as characterised by class inequality and conflict
4
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Means of production
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- owned by bourgeoisie
- exploited the labour power of proletariat to make greater wealth
5
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What does the means of production include?
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Land machinery buildings and labour power - ability of people to work
6
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The working class can only
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Sell their labour power A they need the bourgeoisie to employ them
7
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Marx and Engels
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Cultural ideas and values are dominated by ruling class ideas and values - ‘ruling class ideology’
8
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Social institutions
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Functioned to socialise society’s members into accepting ruling class culture - consequently seeing their own low status and lack of opportunity as ‘normal’
