SOC 507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, Political Spectrum
18 Apr 2016
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Marxism argues that inequality in capitalist society is a product of the normal workings of the economic system, not of individual choices. Marxists explain racism as an ideology imposed by capitalists to divide and exploit the working class problems: doesn"t explain situations where workers, not capitalists, assert racism, or situations where racism is unprofitable. Hegemony: the perpetuation of the dominance of a group or a social system. Cultural hegemony: the use of culture to induce dominated groups to accept their own domination (by perceiving it as natural and inevitable, or not perceiving it at all) Originally applied to class, this concept was extended to look at racism, heterosexism, etc. Discourse: a network of utterances and texts which define what is known and knowable about something. Discursive formation: a discourse that is articulated (connected) with the practical exercise of power. Frantz fanon, 1960s: colonialism is inherently violent, colonialism transforms the subjectivity of both the colonizer and the colonized.
