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15 Cards in this Set
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Ideology |
Is the shared beliefs and values held in an unquestioning manner by a culture. |
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Bourgeoisie |
The owners: The bourgeoisie own the property and therefore control the means of production |
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Proletariat |
The working class. It is the proletariat whose labour produces wealth for the bourgeoisie |
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Conflict Theory |
Class conflict will always exist |
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Feudalism |
Based on allocation of land in return for service |
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Base |
Is the economic base |
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Superstructure |
Is the law, politics, philosophy, religion and art of a culture. |
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Reification |
The way in which people are turned into commodities useful in market exchange |
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Commodification |
The valuing of material things not for their usefulness, but for their power to impress others |
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Conspicuous Consumption |
Extreme focus on material acquisition |
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Dominant |
Has control - dominant the law, rules, dollars |
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Subordinate |
Has to go along with the dominants |
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False Consciousness |
When cultural conditioning leads people to accept a system that is unfavourable to them |
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Market |
The trading or selling opportunities provided by a particular group of people: demand for a particular product or commodity |
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Capitalism |
An economic system which the means if production or the base are privately owned by individuals/corporations to competitively produce goods/services for the republic |
