VPAB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bricolage, False Consciousness, Supermodel
12 Jun 2012
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John storey chapter 3: culturalism (p37-58) Raymond williams on culture one of the two or three most complicated words in the english language . So many ways to theoretically see what culture is. Hoggart and williams challenge many of the basic assumptions of leavisism, whilst also sharing some of its assumptions (37) Arguing for abolishment of upper class so middle class can take over. Working class to civilize them to the extent that they will understand their place. Hoggart and williams break w/ leavisism; thompson breaks w/ mechanistic and economistic versions of. Stresses human agency, the active production of culture, rather than its passive consumption (37) We are our own free agents but we choose to be under the structure of the educational institutionalism. We are free individuals and have rights but we are all under the law. One would hope if a certain person breaks the law would have a just consequence.
