VPAB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dick Hebdige, Antonio Gramsci, Reality Television
12 Jun 2012
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Marx the philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it . Wants to interpret the world but also address problems in society. Marxism insists that all forms of analysis are ultimately all political. Whenever you make an analysis, you"re taking a stance, evaluating, making valuable judgments and wanting to change it. Particular modes of production (i. e. slave, feudal, capitalist) Slavery existed into 19th century, not long ago. Peasants can farm the land at benevolence of lords. Base: consist of forces of production (ex. Agrarian growing livestokc vs. industrial-factories and producing goods for sale) and the relations of production (ex. Considers this the base for any mode of production. Ex: debate of arts funding base would be economic base and superstructure would be the arts (this is coming from economic discourse on arts) Interplay between base and superstructure: much debate over this, not sure if it is actually useful.
