Marxisim Flashcards
What is the Marxist perspective
Capitalist right wing ideologies, people like Bernstein and sugarman. They point out the social differences
What is friedrich Engels theory
He thought of the inheritance of property theory.
This is where he claims the monogamous nuclear family was created so the ruling class and bourgeois of society was able to legitimise their children, allowing them to inherit all the land and wealth the family had earned during the Industrial Revolution
What is Eli Zaretsky’s theory
He claims the modern nuclear family was made to benefit capitalism and the ruling class of society at the other members expense
What are Eli zaretskys 3 key ideas
Ideological functions
Cult of private life
Unit of consumption
What is the ideological function
The family is a crucial agent of socialisation. The working class families teach the children to be obedient, comfort to norms and show respect to those in authority. This all helps the capitalist society to grow and these socialisation skills are done through false class consciousness and sanctions
What is the cult of private life
Zetskys view on this criticises that of parsons stabilisation of adult personalities. He says instead of coming home to relax the male in the family comes home to help manage the their resentment of the capitalist workplace that generally exploits them, whereas at home the males have a sense of power and control.
What is the unit of consumption
Compared to the pre industrial society where the family was a unit of unit of production (supplying everything for themselves) the society/ family are in a constant pursuit of of consumption and materialism. For example ‘keeping up with the jones’ is saying that people in society are in a competition to always be doing better materially than their neighbours or friends.
