SA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Louise Adams, Neoliberalism, Biopower

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 210
• Professor: Robert Menzies

Document Summary

Key introductory concepts power: [t]he ability to put into place the deiniion of a situaion, whether through consent or by force (b, r & t). Hegemony: antonio gramsci"s celebrated concept refers to the manufacture of consent through cultural pracices by and on behalf of the state, along with the populace"s willing paricipaion in its own subjugaion. Mary louise adams writes, the trouble for normal is its takenfor-grantedness. as bruce cockburn sings, The trouble with normal is it always gets worse. discourse: language pracised.