SOC 4309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stateless Society, Wage Labour, Learned Society
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Marx and the concept of ideology: the materialistic premises. Can do one section of the text. Mobilize idea somewhere else to analyze something. Modes of production allows him to begin the process of having something he can analyze across societies, societies are organized according to their mop. A belief or a set of beliefs, primarily political beliefs that people/parties/countries base their actions. Dictionaries define it as a doctrine that wants to change the world, identify as being visionary, theoretical and unworldly, a collective deception of oneself and others. Term established in 1796 (during french revolution) This term embraced the positive notion of a science of ideas. Also attempted to seek to improve the living conditions of man. Wanted a rational scientific society which liberated the mind of humans from prejudice. Therefore, they started to use the term as an emotional hard-cry so that ideology would take on a negative connotation.