ANTHRO 30A Lecture Notes - Michelle Rosaldo, Jane Collier, Private Sphere
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Marx claimed that class conflict would lead to a revolution. Gramsci was concerned of what didn"t happen when he was in prison (successful revolution) He argues that hegemony has worked to prevent a revolution. (empowering dominant class because people accept that the dominant class is choosing what"s best for them. ) During the feudal period in europe, the church. Counter hegemony is gramsci"s solution to hegemony. Borrows some ideas from gramsci, to recreate his concept of ideological state apparatuses . Captialists dominate society and is empowered, and the state is the tool used by those empowered. His big question is how does capitalism maintain itself? or how is it reproduced. (what keeps it functioning year after year) Answer in two parts: how is capitalism reproduce by other capitalists! Material needs are met by other capitalist who are part of the public sphere. In public sphere, there is a network of capitalist working together meeting each others needs.
