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Marxism - Coggle Diagram
Marxism
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Ideological functions
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Teaches values that are ideal for capitalism, e.g teaches children to accept respect for and obedience to authority, punctuality and hard work.
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Consuming goods
The family serves the interests of capitalism - largest consumers of the products it produces, often through the power of the media.
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This ensures the production of goods, enabling capitalist to continue to make a profit.
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The ruling class (bourgeoisie or capitalist class) own the means of production, e.g factories, whose aim is to make money.
The working class (or proletariat) work for the ruling class for a wage. Often paid for less than they deserve and seen as being exploited by the ruling class.
Marxism suggests that in a capitalist society the relationship between the two classes is unfair.
Marxists reject the view that the nuclear family performs an important function for all of society
The family benefits the capitalist class, which helps contribute to the inequality between classes. The family does this by:
Too much emphasis on the negative side of family. Ignores happiness the family can bring, why it remains popular.
Nuclear families are still the best option, no alternative to the family that would benefit society. The nuclear family is best for children's social and cognitive development.
Nuclear families are less common now. Marxism based on traditional nuclear family, in contemporary society there is diversity in family structures and living arrangements. Outdated.
Marxist ideals are difficult to test. Some concepts are hard to investigate to check their validity. e.g marxists claim that the family helps maintain a 'false consciousness'. This would be very hard to operationalise in a way that can be tested.