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 . 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. . Starter:. In pairs provide definitions for the following . KEY TERMS. . You will peer assess each other’s responses. Patriarchy. Subordination. Capitalism. Glass Ceiling. Bourgeoisie. Proletariat. Structionalist Society. 3 . – . Cultural Hegemony (. Antonio Gramsci . ). Learning Outcomes. To know. that hegemony is a form of dominant ideology.. To understand. that hegemony is used to maintain power in society.. To be able. ...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 . Andrew Heywood: Chapter 3. Introduction. What is political ideology?. A definition . of '. ideology’ must be . neutral: it must reject the notion that ideologies are 'good' or 'bad', . true or . false, or liberating or oppressive. . 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. Marxism aims to respond to the problems inherent to capitalism. It . criticizes realism and liberalism . (responsible for capitalism). Economic organizations determine . political and economic system . By MAJ Reed Burggrabe. 31 JUL 15. Agenda. BLUF. Biography. Context. Content. Impact on current doctrine. Why Study Marxists?. ~30% of the world’s population is influenced by Marxism. “Mass . uprising, revolutionary war, guerilla . Making Marxism Mutual. Karl Marx – Troy . L.. Leon Trotsky – . Sandon. B.. Vladimir Lenin – John . S.. Who was Karl Marx?. What is Marxism?. Who . were the Marxists?. How/When do we . see Marxist . 2015. Gramsci and Foucault:. Hegemony in the Global Episteme. David Kreps. Antonio Gramsci. 1891-1937. Italian . Marxist theoretician spent much time in prison. . Most . of what we . know . is in . ‘. Civil society and the maintenance of . British imperial hegemony. Often used, rarely understood: hegemony. Term has its roots in classical Greece – Sparta as hegemon of Peloponnesian league. In the 19. 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. © Dianoetic. Dr. Mary Zournazi. Senior Lecturer. School of Social Sciences. The University of New South Wales. © Dianoetic. Hope, Passion, Politics. Ernesto . Laclau. (. 1935 – 2014): Argentine political theorist . 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.