SOCIOL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Louis Althusser, Antonio Gramsci, Dialectic
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Burmingham school (post-marxist)-use marx, focus on cultural/social aspects. Marxist problematic of being and consciousness (there should be some type of dialectic relationship between being and consciousness) Working for money to survive (silent consciousness): awareness that is natural and taken for granted (does not need to be discussed explicitly) To bring about social justice, these silent consciousness issues must be brought to the fore and discussed in the open light (ex: sex, gender, transgender- public debate contemporary times) Marx"s theory would predict the downfall of capitalism. After wwi, things went back to the way that it was before (capitalism still strong) problematic: theme of focus agency: human"s ability to choose or act of their own accord/will structure: human"s actions are constructed by social conditions. Althusser, louis (1918-1990): french algerian, parents were french colonists in africa; was raised devout catholic, drafted into wwii, captured in germany and spent rest of pow camp met fervent marxist in pow and converted.
