THTRFLM 1T03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frankfurt School, Auguste Comte, Social Realism
13 Dec 2017
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One-way, vertical conception of communication and influence. This is not sophisticated understanding of cultural process, but idea of influence key. More complex understanding, culture as a web of interactions. Culture is not natural , it is born of ideologies and creates and affirms ideologies. Ideology: a way we have decided to see ourselves. Ibsen"s realist plays considered too scandalous for public performance. A doll house first performed in denmark, 1879. Social systems understood/justified by appeal to a higher authority" i. e. heterosexual marriage as a sacred institution. Evolution is dependant on environment and hereditary factors. Human behaviour is also influenced by environment and hereditary factors. Metaphysical explanations should be replaced by material explantions. Theatre/novels should represent life as it is. This will reveal how hereditary & environmental factors determine human behaviour and issues. Complex character psychology, related to upbringing and environment. Society"s social and moral ideals are put into conflict with the reality of how people live their lives.
