ENGD98Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Leon Trotsky, Michel Foucault, Raymond Williams
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Originators - leon trotsky and georg luk cs. Luk cs expanded on marx"s notion of ratification. Ratification: the official way to confirm something, usually by vote. It is the formal validation of a proposed law. Marked the beginning of a current of marxism divorced from the organised working class and. Communist parties, which over the decades merged with bourgeois ideology in academia. Example of the frankenstein monster as a proletariat: Mary shelley wrote during the french revolution (marxism was not yet created) The monster is a product of what happens when a human produces a human. Originated by l vi-strauss in response to high culture". Critic raymond williams begins to look at all cultures (not just what is considered high culture") Specifically looks at mass media, consumerism, food, production of objects, etc. and applying it to reading a text. Main idea is that the text (and society) reflects the ruling class, whether it is obvious or not.
