RELS 349 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Christianity, Judaism, Adolf Hitler

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 349
• Professor: Irving Hexham

Document Summary

Said kanes was wrong, that government interference in the economy would make things worse. Post-depression: the government should invest in infrastructure and social works. By spending money, there would be a snowball effect that would raise the economy. Theories dominant for ~20 years after depression. Tendency to dismiss the term ideology, largely influenced by marx. Marx thought of ideology as false consciousness thinking something is happening in some sort of way, but is actually happening differently. You"ve developed a way of interpreting the world, and don"t really see what is going on. Although belief-systems are not material, they can greatly influence they way people think and act. Marx said our ideas come from the social and economic conditions in which we live. In the 1960s, net-marxists denied the importance of ideology altogether. Denial of the importance of ideology was also promoted in american universities from a distinctly american perspective. Americans: everything that happens has to do with economics.