ENG 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Classical Marxism, Feudalism, Commodity Fetishism
14 Dec 2017
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Body of theory with the purpose to change the world. Texts and practices must be analyzed in relation to their historical conditions of production. Each period in time in constructed around a mode of production o. The way in which a society is organized (slave, feudal, capitalist) to produce the necessaries of life: food, shelter etc. Specific ways of obtaining the necessaries of life. Specific social relationships between workers and those who control the mode of production o. Essentially: the way a society produces its means of existence determines the political, social and cultural shape of the society and its possible future development. Consists of combinations of the forces of production and the relations of productions. The forces of production refer to the raw materials, the tools, the technology, the workers and their skills, etc. Relations of production refer to the class relations of those engaged in production.
