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Against the background of Marxist views on Law, State, Class, and Property analyse the critique of ‘Religion’ and ‘The Family’.
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Question Against the background of Marxist views on Law, State, Class, and Property analyse the critique of 'Religion' and 'The Family'. Answer Marxism is a social theory whose basic proposition is that social change is driven by class conflict. The class is determined by its relationship to the means of commodity production, distribution and exchange. Within a capitalist society the capitalist class control the means of production and the working class provide the means of labour from which surplus value is expropriated by the capitalist class. The surplus value so expropriated is used to develop and shape the institutions in society to serve the interests of the capitalist class and perpetuate their dominance. In this theory the state and its laws provide the primary control mechanisms for ensuring a subordinated and compliant working class. Religion provides the moral and spiritual edifice to justify the circumstances that the working class find themselves in. The...
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