Thinkers Social Flashcards

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Karl Marx

Key ideas
uses ?

A

1) social class is central to socialism
2) human nature is socially determined and can only be expressed under communism

social class/human nature

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Karl Marx

What are the three elements to Marxism?

What are they?

When do these three conditions not exist ?

A
  • historical materialism (form of society determined by economic system )
  • dialectical change (development that occurs through conflict of opposing forces)
  • class consciousness

Under capitalism

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Beatrice Webb

Key ideas
uses?

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1) the inevitability of gradualness establishing socialism peacefully by passing democratic reforms through existing institutions
2) the expansion of the state will deliver socialism

human nature/state/society

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Beatrice Webb

How does she think socialism will happen?

What did Webb reject?

What did she describe the average voter as? Therefore she ?
She argued for what to be expanded ?

A

Rich people will see that it’s a good idea

Marxist theory of class struggle

Limited selfish and uninformed
Rejected direct democracy

The state

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Rosa luxemburg

Key ideas
what type of socialist ?

uses ?

A

1) evolutionary socialism is not possible as capitalism is based on economic exploitation
2) struggle by the proletariat created the class consciousness needed to overthrow capitalist state
economy/human nature
revolutionary

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Rosa luxemburg

What did Rosa critique ? Which was?

What did she argue would happen if evolutionary Socialist strategy ?

What did she argue would happen?

Why the need for class consciousness ?

A

Revisionism of Marx’s ideas

Leave capitalist system in fact and would loose their sense of political purpose

Capitalism run out of things to exploit system would collapse

A strike then radical socialist revolution

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Antony crosland

Key ideas

what type of socialist?

A

1) the inherent contradictions in capitalism
2) state managed capitalism

social democrat

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Antony crosland

He was a post war revisionist? Had influence on ?

Which type of economics?

What did he say about modern socialism ?
What are his four justifications for equality ?

What did he want to get rid of ?

A

Revising Marx work / Labour Party

Keynesian

Lack of internal tensions to drive social change or bring about revolution

  • economic efficiency
  • communitarian society
  • injustice if rewarding talents due to nature
  • need for social justice ‘democratic equality ‘

Grammar schools

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Anthony giddens

Key ideas

A

1) the third way a new political approach to social democracy
2) rejection of state intervention

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Anthony giddens

Who’s favourite academic was he ?

What were his two key themes ?

What did he argue about top down state intervention ?

What did he stress the importance of ? (2)
What did he reject ?

A

Blair

  • Rejection of state intervention acceptance of free marked emphasis on equality of opportunity
  • the role of the state in social investment

Inefficient ineffective

Community and responsibility

State welfare as it was social engineering

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Marxism, 2 features?

class is….

reject ?(2)

A
  • collectivism
  • common humanity

economically determined

-equality of opportunity/universal welfare doesn’t remove capitalism

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social democrats e.g.

support?
reject? why

A

Antony Crossland, within capitalism

universal welfare
equality of outcome/absolute

impractical/ potentially destabilising

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