SOCIOL 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: False Consciousness, Friedrich Engels, Class Consciousness
12 Feb 2014
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Ideology: refers to a system of meaning that defines and explains the world while making judgements about the world: different ideology (upper class, lower class) Ideological analysis allows us to see: what kinds of ideas circulate in media texts, how the ideas are constructed, how the ideas change over time, when the ideas are being challenged. The capitalist class that is responsible for the dominant ideas in our: neo-marxism society, a theoretical approach that builds on, modifies and updates marx"s ideas, georg lukacs. He saw ideology as a mechanism of social control that allows the bourgeoisie to impose their ideas and viewpoints on the proletariat. The bourgeoisie (the capitalist class: capitalist ideology capitalism is good. Gave us a number of important ideas. Commonalities with lukacs because he is emphasizing the impact and the potential resistance to capitalist ideology. Gramsci uses different concepts and has a different view than lukacs.
