MARXISM WHAT DO THEY SAY? STILL RELEVANT NOT SO RELEVANT
FAMILY - The family acts as a safety valve away - The family is still a unit of - The increase in family diversity is
from harsh exploitation under consumption - it is a superstructure ignored by marxists and doesn’t fit
capitalism - creating a vent for the which reflects the wants and needs of into their beliefs and ideologies.
pressure of the working world so the infrastructure which is controlled - They also solely focus on class
people don’t revolt,‘warm bath by R/C (Althusser). inequalities and downplay the role
theory’ - Although there has been an increase in of the paritchy.
Ideological functions of the family includes: family diversity some argue that the - The family doesn’t produce
breakdown has been better for inequality - people now reflect
- The family acts as a ‘unit of capitalism as divorce is expensive and wider society values that have come
consumption’ - this idea of ‘Keeping more money has to be spent on about from social change.
up with the Joneses’. maintaining family relationships - The family is being replaced by
- They believe that the economic - Does still work as a cushioning/ safety other things, using the media, social
system determines the predominant value. media, internet etc to distract from
type of family in society - this creates - Family does still reproduce. work - family less like a safety value.
the emergence of capitalism
including wealth generation, private
property, individual ownership and
patriarchal nuclear family.
- This allows the transfer of wealth
from generation to generation.
EDUCATION - The education system benefits the - E.g. they have made it a requirement to - Originally education was creating a
ruling class get a above certain grade in GCSES to workforce that consist of mindless,
- They believe that the education be able to get into university - making obedient and submissive workers
system is made up of the elite - it that much more difficult for the W/C who would just follow and do as
therefore they can control what we to get into university as they don’t they are told
learn have the same opportunities to be able - Whereas now in a modern society
- They teach the proletariat to not to redo them (costs money) - because and world we are encouraging
complain about there suppression the middle class have these much more of a creative workforce
and exploitation (this is reinforces opportunities, reinforcing the idea of that helps to push more out the box
through rules and curriculum) education system benefiting the elite thinking - this is ignored by
- ALTHUSSER - ideological state - The education system is still control marxstst now
apparatus → education creates a false and rules by the bourgeoisie - control
consciousness and controls the way what subject we learn about, e.g. the - ALTHUSSER - assumes everyone
people think. It encourages pupils to government aren’t in favour of consumes propaganda without
passively accept their future work teachers teaching marxism as it goes question - Isn't relevant in the
roles creating a passive workforce against the things they believe
FAMILY - The family acts as a safety valve away - The family is still a unit of - The increase in family diversity is
from harsh exploitation under consumption - it is a superstructure ignored by marxists and doesn’t fit
capitalism - creating a vent for the which reflects the wants and needs of into their beliefs and ideologies.
pressure of the working world so the infrastructure which is controlled - They also solely focus on class
people don’t revolt,‘warm bath by R/C (Althusser). inequalities and downplay the role
theory’ - Although there has been an increase in of the paritchy.
Ideological functions of the family includes: family diversity some argue that the - The family doesn’t produce
breakdown has been better for inequality - people now reflect
- The family acts as a ‘unit of capitalism as divorce is expensive and wider society values that have come
consumption’ - this idea of ‘Keeping more money has to be spent on about from social change.
up with the Joneses’. maintaining family relationships - The family is being replaced by
- They believe that the economic - Does still work as a cushioning/ safety other things, using the media, social
system determines the predominant value. media, internet etc to distract from
type of family in society - this creates - Family does still reproduce. work - family less like a safety value.
the emergence of capitalism
including wealth generation, private
property, individual ownership and
patriarchal nuclear family.
- This allows the transfer of wealth
from generation to generation.
EDUCATION - The education system benefits the - E.g. they have made it a requirement to - Originally education was creating a
ruling class get a above certain grade in GCSES to workforce that consist of mindless,
- They believe that the education be able to get into university - making obedient and submissive workers
system is made up of the elite - it that much more difficult for the W/C who would just follow and do as
therefore they can control what we to get into university as they don’t they are told
learn have the same opportunities to be able - Whereas now in a modern society
- They teach the proletariat to not to redo them (costs money) - because and world we are encouraging
complain about there suppression the middle class have these much more of a creative workforce
and exploitation (this is reinforces opportunities, reinforcing the idea of that helps to push more out the box
through rules and curriculum) education system benefiting the elite thinking - this is ignored by
- ALTHUSSER - ideological state - The education system is still control marxstst now
apparatus → education creates a false and rules by the bourgeoisie - control
consciousness and controls the way what subject we learn about, e.g. the - ALTHUSSER - assumes everyone
people think. It encourages pupils to government aren’t in favour of consumes propaganda without
passively accept their future work teachers teaching marxism as it goes question - Isn't relevant in the
roles creating a passive workforce against the things they believe
