Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Louis Hartz, Class Consciousness, Antonio Gramsci

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

Culture: a storehouse of pooled learning, a system of meaning, a set of practices, a tool kit. Political culture: basic attitudes and orientations towards political institutions and processes. Louis hartz u (cid:862)frag(cid:373)e(cid:374)t culture(cid:863) disti(cid:374)guishes it fro(cid:373) europe. Almond and verba yes, but civic culture is a hybrid: parochial, subject, participant. Putnam social capital as: networks of civic engagement, norms of reciprocity, social trust collapsed across america, but split italy into two. Marx maybe: class generates culture, dominant class supported by hegemonic culture, will subordinate class consciousness prevail, gramsci: struggle primarily at level of ideas. Today(cid:859)s ight/left di(cid:448)ide : defence of longstanding national values and practices, embrace of diversity, accommodation. And growing with decline of class and family, proliferation of platforms, and economic power of media conglomerates. Complex portrait of an active but not entirely uniform media. Pluralist: an ideological marketplace enabling a wide open debate. Dominant ideology: a politically conservative force aligned with elite interests, pursuing compliance.