FAH102H1 Lecture Notes - Friedrich Engels, Griselda Pollock, Linda Nochlin
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Marxism: as a methodological paradigm in art history, communist manifesto. Asserted that the fundamental condition of possibility of capitalist society is the exploitation of the worker"s labour. No regulations requiring the capitalist business owners to pay their workers at a rate that is equivalent to the true value of their labour. Explained how the exploitation of workers leads to a class struggle. Marx and engels asserted that there is a consciousness that is specific to each of these classes. World view is determined by the classes economic position. World view and how states in society is organized, those are metaphorically like a superstructure. Visible part of a house or a building (ideology belongs to this) Ideology is a collection of ideas that cohere and has consistency: show how art is ideological about class relations, antonio gramsci, 1891-1937, louis althusser, 1918-1990. Bourgeoisie maintained their dominance or control not through military or police force or laws, but rather through culture.