{"id":77253,"date":"2022-09-01T09:12:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T13:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=77253"},"modified":"2022-09-05T21:39:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:39:01","slug":"social-movement-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/social-movement-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Social Movement Theory Pushing Marxist Ideology?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What&#8217;s social movement theory? How is it being taught in schools? Is it part of an indoctrination machine\u2014or even worse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Levin believes that the teaching of social movement theory is part of a program of Marxist indoctrination in schools. He argues that it goes as far as encouraging revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to understand the theory and Levin&#8217;s take on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marxist Indoctrination in Schools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Levin argues that the first step of Marxist indoctrination in America involves the education system. These institutions are led by leftist professors who encourage students to engage in mass movements and rebellions against America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levin explains that many of the lessons currently taught in schools center around leftist ideologies and perspectives that are framed as moral truths, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-are-critical-theories\/\">Critical Theory<\/a> and social movement theory. He believes that these ideologies are dangerous because they encourage discontentment with the American government, society, economy, and overall way of life. They teach students that American society and history are inherently unjust and evil and that social activism and rebellion are the only remedies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at social movement theory and why Levin believes it threatens American society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-social-movement-theory\">Social Movement Theory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Social movement theory explores why social movements form, how they develop, and their effects on society, culture, and politics. Levin believes that it amounts to Marxist indoctrination in schools. He claims that the theory is more actionable and incentivizing than it is educational\u2014<strong>it paints mass movements and revolutions as an honorable and virtuous response to \u201coppressive\u201d societies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on the 1992 book <em>Frontiers in Social Movement Theory, <\/em>Levin claims that the theory encourages and teaches students how to rise up against the wealthy elite in protest and revolution. Not only does it instruct students on how to organize and execute a revolution, but it also glamorizes these events. The theory presents revolution as a righteous means to weaken and eventually abolish the structures of political and social domination that are to blame for inequality and injustice. And Levin argues that, while the theory claims to encourage peaceful protests, it\u2019s also the basis for violence, riots, and revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, while <em>Critical Theory<\/em> provides youths with societal grievances to rebel over, Levin says that <em>social movement theory<\/em> is essentially the rulebook that encourages and instructs youths on exactly <em>how<\/em> to revolt\u2014<strong>not only is the American education system <\/strong><strong><em>indoctrinating<\/em><\/strong><strong> students with left-wing ideology, but it\u2019s <\/strong><strong><em>encouraging<\/em><\/strong><strong> revolution.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>New Social Movement Theory<\/strong><br><br>Levin claims that SMT is dangerous because it glamorizes revolution and teaches students how to overthrow social and political structures, and he cites the 1992 book <a href=\"https:\/\/yalebooks.yale.edu\/book\/9780300054866\/frontiers-in-social-movement-theory\/\"><em>Frontiers in Social Movement Theory<\/em><\/a> to support his claims. While <em>Frontiers<\/em> was a credible source for its time, a <em>new<\/em> social movement theory has dominated the field in the 30 years between its publication and the publication of <em>American Marxism. <\/em>This new theory, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/social-movement\/Social-factors#:~:text=The%20second%20theory,worlds%20of%20individuals.\">\u201cnew social movement theory,\u201d contests older theories contained in <em>Frontiers<\/em> that take a primarily Marxist standpoint<em>,<\/em> like resource mobilization theory<\/a>.<br><br>Resource mobilization theory suggests that the success of movements is fundamentally connected to class and economic factors. It claims that the more resources (money, supplies, social connections, and political power) organizations have, the more likely their movements are to succeed.<em> <\/em>New social movement theory (NSMT) suggests that this approach no longer applies to postmodern movements. NSMT claims that rather than struggling against access to resources, postmodern movements struggle against non-economic factors like social inequality (including racial inequality), the dominance of mass media, and other elements of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/post-industrial-society-3026457\">post-industrial capitalism<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/w\/welfare-state.asp\">welfare state<\/a>.<br><br>Since Levin only addresses older SM thought contained within <em>Frontiers<\/em>, it\u2019s unclear whether or not he would maintain that NSMT <em>also<\/em> glamorizes and encourages students to overthrow social and political institutions\u2014especially since NSMT resists the primarily Marxist view that social movements struggle against power structures like class and economic control.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s social movement theory? How is it being taught in schools? 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