Marxism Flashcards
1
Q
Base structure
A
The thing that holds everything together
2
Q
Super structure
A
Made up of everything that makes us believe in capitalism.
3
Q
Ideologial state apparatus
A
Media, Family, Education, Religion, Politics
4
Q
Ideology
A
A set of beliefs
5
Q
Hegemony
A
Dominance of the bourgeois over the masses
6
Q
False needs
A
A result of hegemony tapping into your subconscious wants and needs, achieved through advertising. Buying stuff you don’t really need
7
Q
Commodity fetishism
A
When you obsess with cultural products and practices.
8
Q
Bourgeois
A
People who own the means of production
