PART 3: Explain‚ in as much detail as you believe necessary‚ class-consciousness‚ as offered by Karl Marx. Discuss the similarities and differences of class-consciousness and collective conscience and indicate to what‚ if any‚ extent‚ the two concepts are interchangeable. Do you believe class-consciousness is a useful tool for understanding social relations among classes‚ today? Use examples to illustrate your answer and thoroughly explain why or why not. * One very complex issue of today
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Marxist Capitalism and its values revolve around material possessions and their acquisition. In this society‚ the poor man strives to be rich‚ and a powerless man to gain power. Many of these people however don’t have access to these privileges‚ and so to be one of the few taking the limited seats of wealth and power they compete‚ most often times against each other. Such environments are not only often times promote conflict but confrontation as well‚ and many times the winners of these altercations
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A Marxist Approach to Jane Eyre Based on the ideas of Karl Marx‚ this theoretical approach asks us to consider how a literary work reflects the socioeconomic conditions of the time in which it was written. What does the text tell us about contemporary social classes and how does it reflect classism? Jane Eyre depicts the strict‚ hierarchical class system in England that required everyone to maintain carefully circumscribed class positions. Primarily through the character of Jane‚ it also accents
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Othello is a play written by Shakespeare that features a top ranking military official‚ Othello. The main focus of the play is the love between Othello and Desdemona and how it became poisoned by a man named Iago. The Marxist perspective best impacted my understanding of Othello because of how the main plot was heavily subjected to Iago’s lust for power and wealth. Iago took advantage of people to propel his agenda. An example of this was when he used Roderigo’s emotions toward Desdemona to his
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As revealed in Rosemarie Tong’s discussion of the Marxist analysis of class in Feminist Thought‚ a group of people slowly becomes a class as they struggle together over time (97). It is not until they reach class-consciousness‚ the collective awareness of this struggle‚ that a group can be seen as constituting a class (97). Women are an interesting group to think about with these ideas in mind. Marxist and socialist feminists have frequently debated whether women constitute a class (97). In order
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Evaluate Functionalists views on the role and functions of religion today. Functionalism is a macro theory‚ which is based on society as a whole‚ rather than just that of the individual. It is argued that functionalism generates many things for society. Religion‚ from a functionalist point of view‚ socialises people‚ teaching them norms and values of society‚ which are the basis for social unity. Religion further is a structure within functionalism which aids in influencing individuals lives. Functionalism
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However‚ they both want the best for the children even if they approach this goal with different methods. Montessori and Powell have differing views on teacher’s role and structure‚ but are similar in the fact
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How does secondary socialisation influence deviance ? Secondary socialisation is the way by which we learn how to behave appropriately as the member of a smaller group within the larger society. It is mostly associated with adolescents and adults and involves smaller changes than in primary socialisation. Influences on socialisation include the family‚ education‚ religion‚ peer groups and the media. If we define deviance as a ‘violation of social norms’ it can be characterised as any thought
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Are you a unitarist‚ a pluralist or a radical/ Marxist? As you read the Balnave chapter‚ you may have become aware of your own‚ sometimes implicit‚ views about employment relations and you may have been identifying mainly with one particular frame of reference. This sort of self-awareness of our own particular ideological position is an important part of coming to terms with the frames of reference. The following activity is designed to develop your self-awareness of your own position
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identify the three main currents within feminist thought as liberal‚ radical‚ and Marxist. Each responds to women’s oppression in a different way. Liberal feminism is concerned with attaining economic and political equality in a male-dominated society. Radical feminism is focused on men and patriarchy as the main causes of the oppression of women. And Marxist feminism is a theoretical position that uses Marxist theory to understand the capitalist sources of the oppression of women. In the early
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