Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Commodity Fetishism, Dialectic, Dominant Ideology
23 Feb 2021
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Conflict & critique: marxism in the interwar period. Hegemony as common sense: no alternative thoughts possible people are left to think about the world in only one way so that no alternative thoughts are possible people accept hegemonic processes as pure common sense. Role of intellectuals in translating economic power into cultural & political power. Organic vs. revolutionary intellectuals bourgeoisie had their own organic intellectuals to support their position of power proletariat must also produce their own intellectuals to defend their own interests and to take political power. Critical theorists affiliated with the institute of social research at frankfurt. University (1923): t. adorno, m. horkheimer, h. marcuse. Main view: modern society characterized by irrationality of rationality" (ie: contradictions like progress alongside destruction) many of us find living in a modern industrial society to be pleasant large supply of technological advances and modern conveniences including.
