CSCT 1CS3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unearth, Vibraphone, False Consciousness

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
• Course: CSCT 1CS3
• Professor: Jordan Sheridan

Document Summary

Ideology: sets of ideas a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eliefs of i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals or groups that pertai(cid:374) to the (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) status quo of a culture. Relations to marxist theory: ideology refers to sets of ideas disseminated through i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s su(cid:272)h as religio(cid:374), la(cid:449), politi(cid:272)s, a(cid:374)d edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) to (cid:272)reate a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ai(cid:374)tai(cid:374) a (cid:862)false (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious(cid:374)ess(cid:863) that keeps the (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g (cid:272)lass su(cid:271)ordi(cid:374)ate to the ruli(cid:374)g (cid:272)lass. False consciousness: that hiddenness of what consciousness is. Hegemony (pg 148): ideolog(cid:455) thri(cid:448)es (cid:271)e(cid:374)eath (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious(cid:374)ess at the le(cid:448)el of (cid:374)or(cid:373)al (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) se(cid:374)se(cid:863) ideolog(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot redu(cid:272)e to a (cid:862)(cid:449)orld (cid:448)ie(cid:449)(cid:863) Distinction that people often confuse ideology and worldview or that ideology is reduced to worldview, when worldview is multiple ideologies put together. The idea of winning an shaping consent on the one half, and power that is legitimate and seems natural. How marxism shapes hegemony, where there is a rule and a power, how this power takes place, thinking about the winning and shaping that is diffused, where hidden ideology comes in.