Bourgeoisie | Topics | Sociology - tutor2u The bourgeoisie is the ruling class in Marx's theory of class struggle under capitalism The bourgeoisie is the property-owning class who own the means of production (e g factories) and employ and exploit the proletariat Marxists argue that the bourgeoisie maintains its power through ideology as well as oppression but that the proletariat should ultimately have a revolution and overthrow
Bourgeoisie | Topics | Politics - tutor2u Bourgeoisie is a marxist term used to describe the owners of capital The term is commonly applied to the middle class or ruling class According to the Marxist perspective those who own the means of production exploit those who work the means of production (the proletariat)
AQA GCSE Sociology Classic Texts: Selected Writings (Karl . . . - tutor2u Marx argued that the state (the government) worked in the interests of the bourgeoisie and would use its power - including the police and the army - to control and subdue the proletariat and prevent revolution 2) Ideology Much of the time, the bourgeoisie did not need to use violence to control the proletariat - it could use ideology
Proletariat | Topics | Sociology - tutor2u The proletariat are the working class in Karl Marx's theory of class struggle under capitalism The proletariat are employed by and exploited by the bourgeoisie (ruling class) and often suffer from false class consciousness and therefore often accept their own exploitation as inevitable However, Marx argued that the proletariat would eventually have a revolution and overturn the capitalist
False Class Consciousness | Topics | Sociology - tutor2u Traditional Marxists note that the proletariat, despite being exploited by the bourgeoisie, mostly accept bourgeois rule, seeming to consider it normal, unavoidable or even desirable They argue that this happens because the bourgeoisie transmit their ideology through what Louis Althusser termed ideological state apparatuses that led to the workers not having class consciousness (being
Traditional Marxist Views on the Role of Religions However, he saw this as a negative force This was because Marx argued that the proletariat should rise up against the bourgeoisie in a revolution Religion was one of the ways in which the bourgeoisie maintained control: part of the ideology Lenin echoed Marx’s argument by referring to religion as spiritual gin
Conflict Theories of Education - Louis Althusser - tutor2u Althusser argued that the bourgeoisie maintain power by using both repressive state apparatus (coercive power like the police and the army) and ideological state apparatus: institutions that spread bourgeois ideology and ensure that the proletariat is in a state of false class consciousness
Ideological state apparatus (Education) | Topics - tutor2u Marxist sociologist Louis Althusser suggests that the bourgeoisie maintain power by using both repressive state apparatus (coercive power like the police and the army) and ideological state apparatus: institutions that spread bourgeois ideology and ensure that the proletariat is in a state of false class consciousness Schools and educational institutions are, for Althusser, part of the
Marxist views on the Ownership and Control of the Media They note that the media is owned by members of the bourgeoisie: very wealthy business owners They argue that these bourgeois owners instruct editors and journalists to put across particular messages to the audience These messages spread the dominant ideology which seeks to justify