Capitalist - individuals who posses capital or wealth and who invest it in businesses in the hope of acquiring profit, Conflict theories - Ideas about society as being based on inequality rather than equality and consensus, false class consciousness - A situation where subordinate groups in society are unable to see the reality of their exploitated situation, Hegemony - Describes the situation in which the ideas and world-view of the dominant class are presented and are accepted by other classes as 'common sense', Ideology - A set of values, ideas and beliefs that represent the outlook of a social group. The dominant set of ideas that serve to legitimate the power of the ruling class, Means of production - Land, buildings, raw materials, machinery used to produce goods and services required by members of society, Working class - usually seen as the lowest class in capitalist societies. Marxists see all workers who work for wages as members of this class,

Marxism: glossary

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