CS203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Slater, Wield, Jeremy Bentham
11 Dec 2015
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Agenda: marxism, ideology as false consciousness , dominant ideology, ideology as a terrain of struggle, hegemony. Author of the fever : performed by author, commodity fetishism. Meant to be read at homes and gatherings: marxism. Bourgeoisie (capitalist class) vs. proletariat (working class) Social inequality he saw built in to a capitalist economy. Exploitation: workers don"t receive in return for their work, the full economic value their job generates. Marx points out employment is not option: must sell our capacity to work and survive. Capitalism is a system of social relationships: one that mattered most was class conflict (class of workers on one hand and owners on the other) Group that has a common status in the economic status. Term marxism used when the same class workers were aware they were at thee sae common status and would join together: class struggle. Someone"s consciousness of class will shake our views on class: ideology as false consciousness .
