AN200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Renato Rosaldo, Eric Wolf, Counterculture
Document Summary
Emerged as a consequence of historical events. Criticism of the discipline from outside and inside. Critical stance brought to bear against western standards, concepts, practices, and the inequalities they produced. Concerned with understanding how culture is affected by politics and history. Culture is not a pattern that all members share equally. Not necessarily about order and consensus; meanings are not shared equally by all members of a culture. Different groups have different views and experiences of particular practices and symbols and unequal access to material and symbolic resources. Life is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness is determined by life. Politics is part of social life; reflecting the class of social classes. Surplus value: what people produce beyond what they need to survive (can be invested) These systems of inequality are based off private property. Combined the concern of the oppressed with a powerful neo-marxist analysis. Voice (who had authority to say/tell history) The historical and contingent nature of identity.
