Marxism Flashcards
Middle class =
Bourgeoisie
Working class =
Proletariat
Capitalism
An economic system where there is private ownership and motivation to produce profit
False class consciousness
Working class are unaware of their class position so accept it as normal
Conflict theory
Believe that the bourgeoisie is in conflict with the proletariat and is based on equality and exploitation
Conflict theory
The bourgeoisie is in conflict with the proletariat in a society based of social inequality and exploitation
Bowles and Gintis
Surplus of labor
Education produces an obedient workforce
Myth of meritocracy
Correspondence theory
Surplus of labor
Schools over educated poorly so they is a lot of the same time of work which benefits capitalism as it justifies low wages and reproducers class inequality
Surplus of labor
- schools over educate people
- a lot of same type of worker
- Justifies low wages and reproduces class inequality
Myth of meritocracy
- makes equality seem fair
- those who gain success in education and go on to have high status come from middle class backgrounds already themselves
Correspondence theory
Education mirrors workplaces
Achieved through hidden curriculum
Hidden Curriculum
Little things meant outside of subjects like respect for authority, uniform, deadlines
Althusser
Ideological state apparatus
The reproduction of necessary skills
The reproduction of ruling class ideology
Ideological state apparatus
Any institution responsible for justifying or legitimizing Capitalism.
They control people’s ideas and believes so that the working class don’t rebel
Paul Willis
The lads - learning the labour
Working class boys created an anti schools subculture that rejected the meritocratic ideology
Still guaranteed they’d end up with unskilled jobs and had coped fit tedium of what capitalism needed them to peform
