CCT200H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Flavor Flav, Ancient Near East, Cultural Relativism
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Group presentations/study guide tutorial #2: identity and difference + the global context. Hegemony: power and ideology (concept influenced by marxist historians) Meaning making through codes and representation: language and symbols. One class dominates the superstructure (everything on top of society/economy) Active process of negotiation and resistance to dominant norms and practices. Gramsci created the concept of hegemony" to explain the lack of revolution to. Fills need for cognitive existence (althusser); flexible (gramsci) Ideological struggle for power (in democracies) - instead of coercion/violence. Representations: connects meaning and culture via language, signs, & images. Contructionalist approach: the most significant impact in recent years. All objects, people, events, correspond with mental representations. Depends on the system of concepts and images used - different ways to organize concepts. The cross > suffering & crucifixion of christ. Indexical signs: written/spoken signs with no obvious relation. Stuart hall: theories of representation: reflexive approach: meaning in object is reflected (visually)