Section One - Theories Flashcards
Criticisms of Marxism?
- portrays people as being puppets of the social system
- communism is disregarded, as it’s already failed in the Soviet Union
Definition of Marxism?
A conflict theory based on the conflicts of the 2 classes, the bourgeoise exploiting the proletariates. In the end the proletariates with over throw capitalism which will end in a communism
Key Marxist concepts?
- social order is forced on us by the more powerful in society
- believe in ideology rather than consensus
- infrastructure shapes the superstructure
- bourgeoisie control the proletariate
- workers revolution will happen with the proletariate are aware that they are being exploited
Name a key Marxist
Karl Marx
Definition of ideology?
Set of beliefs and values which disguise the truth and distort reality
Definition of feminism?
The political perspective of the oppression of women and the difficulty to end it. Feminist argue that the world is male dominated and that it exploits women
4 types of feminism?
- Marxist
- radical
- liberal
- difference
Who is a key feminist?
Anne Oakley
Key concepts of feminism?
- they believe that society is patriarchal, that men exploit women
- they believe in equality of the sexes
- believe that men control women through physical domination
Criticisms of feminism?
- can be considered as men hating (radical feminists)
Key Post Modernists?
- Anthony Giddens
- Zygmunt Bauman
- Jean Baudrillard
- Gellner
- Foucault
Key post modernist concepts?
- we are becoming a global society
- decline in the belief that science is good
- people are questioning and rejecting old moral value (religion)
- more personal concern over politics rather than national
- people focus on the negative side of progress
- we are influenced by other cultures
- taking less traditional gender roles
- people can chose their identity from wide sources
Criticisms of post modernism?
- they see the world as more changing than it actually is
- ignores continuing social equality
Definition of functionalism
The belief that society is based on consensus, shared values and norms, sees society as a body each part working together to form a functioning being
Key functionalist concepts?
- society is based on consensus
- consensus is the base of social unity
- social order is critical to a functional society
- we are all controlled by either external or internal enforcers
