POL_S 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Utopia, Civil Society, Practice Theory
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Explain the elements of a ruthless criticism of everything existing. You find out they"re dumping waste in a poor neighborhood so you go to the press. Even though you might lose your job you"re not afraid of the conclusion. Implies a critique on our daily lived reality, religion and science (theoretical struggles) and political state (practical struggle) Why does marx aim at a reform of consciousness and how does he (cid:1) aim to accomplish it? consciousness. Expose the unclear elements in politics and religion reform. Example: you"re working in a factory and it"s high stress and you think you"re here because you didn"t make it. Reform consciousness is then you realize it is like this because there is a structure in society that makes it so some people have to live like this and then you realize something needs to change (cid:1)