Last Updated on January 9, 2019 by Karl Thompson
The Marxist Perspective on the Family: Key points and criticisms for A-level sociology in four pictures:
1. The Marxist Perspective on Society (A Reminder!)
2. Engel’s Theory of how The Nuclear Family Emerged with Capitalism (and Private Property)
3. Three Ideological Functions of the Contemporary Nuclear Family
4. Three Criticisms of the Marxist View of the Family
Changes in social norms and values were always going to reduce the importance of the nuclear family – western societies have developed means by which non-nuclear families can exist more positively than previously.
Although I generally agree with the Marxist view of the family, I think it misses the love that can be shared by close family members. Most people like family.