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INTRO |
Introduction |
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Breaking apart the unity of the culture-power-ideology schema proposed by Karl Marx in Capital, Volume One, Louis Alt... |
MARX |
Marx |
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Marx's presents a theory of social structure as a progression toward a utopian state in which the competing interests... |
ECONOMICS |
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Economic Primacy |
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From this belief in the primacy of economic relationships, Marx centers his conception of a capitalist society around... |
BOURGE |
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Bourgeoisie / Proletariat |
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The economic base of society and all social structures rests on the fundamental economic relation between the bourgeo... |
CULTURE |
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Culture and Interaction |
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As a construct, culture emerges through the interactions that define and that are necessary in a capitalist system. M... |
IDEOLOGY |
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Ideology |
Ideology is a tool of domination and carries a negative connotation in a Marxian conception based on the association ... |
UTOPIA |
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Social Utopia |
Ideas are necessary in a Marxian social utopia, as material interests form human consciousness in the realm of ideas,... |
CLASSINT |
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Class Interests |
Ideology simultaneously masks the class interests it supports, presenting itself as an ideal form, thereby demanding ... |
POWER |
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Power Defines Culture |
According to Marx, the ideology of the class with the power defines the culture. In a capitalist society, the bourgeo... |
PRODUCTS |
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Products of Class Struggle |
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Culture, power and ideology emerge as products of class struggle. Class divisions are economically determined and fix... |
SOCIALCHG |
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Marx and Social Change |
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Marx theorizes that social change will result naturally from rational, class-based action once the illusions of the d... |
REPRESS |
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Repressed Classes |
While the obstacles facing the repressed, subordinated classes are great,as ideology and culture reinforce the power ... |
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Making room for the Individual |
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There is no role for individual to enact gradual, systemic change in Marx's construct: a single, cohesive culture-pow... |
ALTHUSSER |
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Althusser |
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DETERMINISM |
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Challenging Economic Determinism |
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To understand the forces of reproduction, Althusser questions the economic determinism in the Marxian Base-Superstruc... |
IDEOLOGY |
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Ideology |
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From a Marxian definition of ideology as the "system of the ideas and representations which dominate the mind of man ... |
RSAISA |
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RSA / ISA |
While there is only one RSA, a plurality of ISAs exist and function by numerous ideologies (145). Althusser argues th... |
GOAL |
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Goal |
Ideologies goal is to ensure the reproduction of the ideological superstructure. To achieve this, an ideology must be... |
FOUCAULT |
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Foucault |
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SPACES |
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Spaces of Culture |
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Althusser broadens Marx's theory to open the spaces of culture as sites, rather than simply products, of class strugg... |
STRUGGLE |
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Struggle for Control |
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The struggle for control remains central, but the pervasiveness of power is identified as the force driving societal ... |
EXERCISE |
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Exercise of Power |
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To understand the exercise of power, Foucault focuses on resistance. "As power is not exterior to social relations, r... |
AGENCY |
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Individual Agency |
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Foucault has introduced the possibility for individual agency in enacting social change based on his model of transve... |
CONCLUSION |
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Conclusion |
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Culture remains difficult to pinpoint |
DYNAMIC |
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Dynamic Transformation |
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The dynamic transformation of culture as a force and a framework relies on the exercises of power within and upon the... |