PPT-Marxism and Hegemony An Introduction

The Political Spectrum Just what are the Left and Right Anyway Left Right more economic interventionism more laissezfaire the extent to which the government should or should not intervene in the economy in order to affect desired social outcomes . Introduction public domain. Anger over the heavy-handed tactics of elites hasreached new levels, and publics are giving vent to their frustration.The Objective. Understand how to analyse Fight Club from a Marxist media perspective. Marxism. At the heart of Marxism, there is a dialectic – a binary opposition – a linked pair of ideas.. On the one hand, you have capitalism, the ideology wherein gaining capital – or wealth – is the basis for society. This leads to society being hierarchical. On the other you have communism, where the common good, and equality, are the basis of society. This leads to society being homogeneous – similar at all levels. . ...and the Media. Revision. Dominant Ideology and the media. An ideology is a belief system that is constructed and then embedded in the public consciousness by the media.. Media texts represent the world usually in order to support a . Key Terms. Inclusion. vs. . Exclusion. Overt . vs . Covert. Grand Narrative. Grand Narrative. Discourses in history that are foundational to ideologies. Global, cultural narrative that explains knowledge and experience. __. The Frankfurt School. - The . Neo. Kids on the Block -. Learning Outcomes. All. . will be able to recap the key points relating to Marxism.. Most. . will understand how this developed into Neo Marxism. Marxism. is an . economic. and sociopolitical . worldview. and method of socioeconomic analysis based on a . materialist interpretation of historical development. , a . dialectical. view of social change, and an analysis of class-relations within society and their application in the analysis and critique of the development of . Oil, War, and Global Polity. Professor Cyrus Bina . Columbia University Seminar on . Globalization, Labor, and Popular Struggles #671. Faculty House, Columbia University, New York. Monday, September 30, 2013: 7:15 PM – 9:00 PM. The “New” Isms. Auguste Comte. Karl Marx . Friedrich Engels. Why the toughness of mind?. The drive for constitutional governments??. The cry for national sovereignty??. Male suffrage and Democracy??. Who is Marx?. MARXISM. Meaning. Encompasses many political theories advocated by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Human actions and institutions are economically determined, class struggle is needed to create historical change and . Marxism & Social Change. .. Can we remember what Marxism said about the influence of religion? Explain, once again, what Marx thought about . religion.. Question:. How. . does Liberation Theology benefit the poor. Introduction. What comes to your mind when you hear the words “Marxism” or “communism”? . Does violence come to your mind? . What names are normally associated with Marxism? . Defining of Terms. Marx & Engels: . particularly drawing from . Theses on Feuerbach, Anti-. Duhring. , Dialectics of . Nature. , far from comprehensive. Limitations of Marx. Expansions and contradictions of historical materialism: VI Lenin, Alexandra Kollontai, Antonio Gramsci. social, political, and economic . thought derived from the writings of Karl MARX and his collaborator, Friedrich ENGELS.. At the centre of Marx's work is his analysis of . CAPITALISM. .. How capitalism arose, how it works (for whom it works better and for whom worse), and where it is likely to lead. . By Antonio . Gramsci. Gramsci. developed the notion of hegemony in the . Prison Writings. . The idea came as part of his critique of the deterministic economist interpretation of history; of “mechanical historical materialism.” Hegemony, to .