CSCT 1CS3 Study Guide - Commodity Fetishism, Thorstein Veblen, Roland Barthes

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Description of a whole way of social life, name for more. Serious" works of literature, music, etc, can refer to a range of symbolic/signifying activities/works/everyday practices/pop culture. Capitalism: economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and distribution, and geared toward generation of profit. Everyday life: talking, writing, social rituals such as eating, shopping, dancing, music, visual culture, sports, fashion, etc) shared among many members of a society including and especially those who aren"t particularly socially, economically, or politically powerful. Ideology: process by which the set of values and beliefs that bind individuals together in a society becomes naturalized . Claim that capitalism is only rational form of economic organization is often ideological in this way. Marxism: emphasizes the exploitative foundations of capitalist systems of economics. The notion of ideology arises out of the marxist tradition as a way to account for how the dominant economic class controls the production and distribution of ideas in society.

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