Marxism Flashcards
What is historical materialization?
The view that humans have material needs i.e. food, clothes etc
What is class conscienceness?
a persons awareness or beliefs about their class or social position
Aware of exploitation
what’s social order?
institutions, groups and values working together to keep society stable and in order
explain ideology and alienation
ideology: a word to describe a set of ideas and beliefs that are dominant in society and are used to justify the power and privilege of the ruling class
alienation: workers don’t get to see their final products of labour
what is false class consciousness?
People not aware of their exploitation in society
positives of Marxism
- explains conflict and change
- explains the uneven distribution of power and wealth in society
disadvantages of Marxism
- simplistic, class structure more complex today
- doesn’t look into gender, ethnicity etc
what kind of Marxist is Gramsci?
Humanistic Marxist
Explain hegemony and whos theory is it
Dominant culture maintains its dominant position
- Gramsci
How does the ruling class maintain it’s power via hegemony?
Coercion - army, police, prison and courts to forces classes to accept it’s rule
Consent (hegemony) - ideas and values to persuade lower classes
Why does Gramsci say the ruling classes hegemony is never complete?
- Ruling class is a minority
- Proletariat having dual consciousness
what’s dual consciousness
working class aware of exploitation but don’t do anything to change it
what is counter hegemony
= overthrowing capitalism
- w/c creating their own group of intellectuals
what type of Marxist is Althusser?
Structural Marxist
What 3 structures does Althusser say society has?
- Economic = activities which involve producing something/meeting a need
- Political = comprising all forms of organization
- ideological = all ways people see themselves and their world
