SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Labour Power, Industrial Revolution, Proletariat
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Sovereign self-interest and egoism human nature (selfish) they are exploited working class - capital accumulation miserable conditions - wealthy getting wealthier (alienating) conditions at work place: thomas hobbes, immiseraion x wealth, dominant ideology. Define: an ideology is revealed to our understandings through a screen of assumptions, beliefs, explanations, values, and unexamined knowledge (61). Dominant ideology provides references, the rules of thumb, the directives to the eyes and cars of its members. Significance: a dominant ideology that is useful, even socially necessary, does not make it true. There are some members of the population who are dissatisfied with these responses and who seek explanations that better satisfy their sense of truth (62). If one is aware, one can build some resistance towards it. This can make other ideologies less important. dominant ideology. Significance: if one is aware, one can build some resistance towards it.