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Neo Marxism - Coggle Diagram
Neo Marxism
- Accepts some marxism ideas are outdated
- show ideas by RC are applied to WC through religion, media, law education, family - make it difficult to change
- show its possible for WC to create change in economy
For example, oppressed people in Latin America used religion (ideas) as a force for change and greater equality, a process known as liberation theology.
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- Gramsci - emphasised importance of power of for shaping ideas in society - not just economy
- argued state maintains power through hegemony - RC ideas placed on WC so they do not challenge system
- argued people can use intellectual ideas to change society - liberation theology
-Althusser - argues society consists of three levels
-Economic level
-Political level
-Ideological state level
- levels preserve and justify capitalist system
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- argues ideas are important in changing society - YET economy remains important in shaping society
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- updates marxist ideas - makes them more applicable to contemporary society
- Acknowledges power of ideas in shaping economy - avoids criticism that they are economic determinists
- i.e. they see society as being shaped by the economy alone.
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- focus on class less relevant than other factors e.g. ethnicity
- Post-structuralists & postmodernists argue this is relied on a structural approach to society - not relevant to today