POL208Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Structural Violence, Relativism, Sokal Affair
12 Jul 2013
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Pol 208 lecture 8 discourse theory and post modernism. Imprisoned by fascist in italy, book prison notebooks. Interested in importance of ideas how ways of thinking shape national and international stuff. Doesn"t believe that everything depends on economic factors. Cultural hegemony convince people to the extent that they wont ever consider an alternative, The survival of capitalism = ideological force, the power of ideas, cultural hegemony heavily influenced. False consciousness through religion (the church) and education. However its a possibility to escape this = improve position instead of over throwing it. 2 forces to reproduce the system: rsa and isa regressive and ideological state apparatus. Rsa: police, army, bureaucracy, judicial and penal systems use force to maintain order (physical force) Isa: control you by controlling your thoughts through media, education, systems, religious organizations. Discourses can change, not quickly but they do change. No one discourse is better than the other, theyre just different, example:
