Marx is a considered a materialist as he believes that the economic (material) produces the cultural (ideal), which "stands Hegel on his head," who argued the ideal produced the material.

Émile Durkheim

Durkheim held the belief that culture has many relationships to society which include:
* Logical - Power over individuals belongs to certain cultural categories, and beliefs such as in God.
* Functional - Certain rites and myths create and build up

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