Marxists Flashcards
Primitive communism
societal structure during the Stone Age based on kinship
Exploitation
workers in a capitalist society are exploited insofar as they are forced to sell their labor power to capitalists for less than the full value of the commodities they produce with their labor
Alienation
an inherent condition of capitalism, The economic system of capitalism isolates and dehumanizes human beings and is the source and cause of alienation
Commodification
a process by which exchange value comes to dominate use value
Inheritance
According to Engels, this reproduced and reinforced social class inequality
Safe haven
Zaretsky argued that the family acted as a “safe haven” from the oppression and exploitation of capitalism whereby they could managed there resentment of it which helped to maintain capitalism by preventing revolution or resistance
Pester power
Companies build demand for their products through targeted advertising to children, who request expensive products from their parents
Ideological State Apparatus
Althusser views the family as an ideological state apparatus, passing on the acceptance of the ruling class ideology and damping down social conflict
Policing the family
public intervention in the regulation of family affairs since the 18th century effected radical changes in the structure of what had traditionally been a private domain. -Donzelot
Dominant Ideology
the family acts as a unit of consumption and teaches passive acceptance of hierarchy, It is the institution through which the wealthy pass down their private property to their children, reproducing class inequality
Reproducing workforce
The nuclear family produces the next generation of workers and socialises them to accept the capitalist values
Hochschild
Family life has become comodified
Engels
family had a clear economic function for capitalism, by ensuring that wealth remained in the hands of the bourgeoisie
