SOCIOL 1Z03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Antonio Gramsci, Class Consciousness, Proletariat

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Lina Samuel

Document Summary

Western marxism: karl marx"s argument that the forces of production influence not only the organization of a society, but also people"s experiences of that society. Marx further believed that over time, the proletariat would develop a common class consciousness and revolt against the bourgeoisie. Western marxism takes a slightly different approach to this classic formulation: western marxism refers to more independent and critical forms of marxism than those practised by the more dogmatic soviet and chinese regimes. Gramsci"s concept of hegemony: antonio gramsci (1891 1937) helped found the communist party of italy in 1921, gramsci accepted marx"s analysis of the struggle between the ruling class and the subordinate. First-wave feminism took shape in the mid-1800s, concluding just after world war i with the victory for (some) women of the right to vote. In canada, the persons case (1929) is also an example of first-wave feminist activism which saw women being defined as persons under the law.