inequalities critical reflection Marxist philosophy ( our theoretical frame) Economic system works better for some people and not better for the majority‚ why do people accept this? Why don’t little fish do anything? Key theoretical concepts: Ideology‚ hegemony and liberalism Media Education – how is education functioning? Midterm (1hr 20minutes) 20 multiple choice (10 marks) 10 short answer fill in the blank questions (10 marks) conceptual and historical terminology wont be really bland words‚ more
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creation of the construct called ‘Reality’ and how this perceived ‘reality’ manages to affect and effect the empirical ‘reality’. The paper will attempt to bring into the discourse the issue of hyper reality as a popular construct‚ which challenges the hegemony of the dominant power structure at its own terms. These carnivalesque
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Global economy – basic features * Single world market – producers to exchange rather than use. Price is determined on a global scale * 3 geographical tiers – core / semi-periphery / periphery * Temporal trends – growth then stagnation. Hegemony (indirect dominance of one country UK > USA > Japan > China?) * Integration or rejection – reaction of societies e.g. Islamic fundamentalism * States (political state‚ way its ruled) – states function to protect their interests‚
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ourselves not by our genes. Social constructionism is created by individuals in society who have particular opinions on how society should be. In regards‚ to the work of Kinsman he states “Common-sense is a crucial part of the social construction of hegemony‚ the social practices of consent and coercion through which ruling in a society is organized. This new “common-sense” has been used to undermine social construction-oriented perspectives on sexual politics and queer liberation which argue that sexualities
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characteristic is what prompted the Iraq war. The third image is the international level. Using this level‚ the cause of the war can be blamed on America’s need to remain the dominant world-power. America was perfectly content being the in the unipolar hegemony that they lived in. When Iraq challenged their position‚ war was inevitable. The cause of the Iraq war is something difficult to put your finger on. Depending on how one views something‚ what theory or lenses they use‚ one might get completely different
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The modern period of Indian history begins with the Mughal empire which was comparable in size with some of the ancient Indian empires but was totally different from them in its internal structure. It was a highly centralised state based on the extensive control of land revenue and of a military machine which could rival that of contemporary European states. In fact‚ the size of the machine was the reason for the final collapse of this empire which could not meet its financial needs. This was then
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An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture Second Edition An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture is a clear and comprehensive guide to the major theories of popular culture‚ from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Dominic Strinati provides a critical assessment of the ways in which theorists have tried to understand and evaluate popular culture in modern society. Among the theories and ideas the book introduces are mass culture‚ the Frankfurt School and the culture industry‚ structuralism
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“Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World ” Escobar‚ A. (1995). Encountering development : the making and unmaking of the Third World. Princeton‚ N.J.‚ Princeton University Press. Goal: “That the essential trait of the Third World was its poverty and that the solution was economic growth and development became self-evident‚ necessary‚ and universal truths. This chapter analyzes the multiple processes that made possible this particular historical event.” (24) Method:
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taken place long before it was written. King Arthur was a British King believed (by some) to have lived in the late fifth and early sixth centuries. He supposedly led the defense of Britain against Saxon invaders‚ and established a powerful British hegemony over England‚ Scotland‚ Ireland‚ Gaul‚ and parts of Norway. While some historians believe there may have been an actual King Arthur directly referenced by these (and other) stories‚ who he was and what he may have ACTUALLY done are completely up
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historically and politically based. Critical theory also involves the critique of modernity in the domains of state capitalism‚ high-tech reindustrialization and science-cum-computer oriented education system that have strengthened and perpetuated the hegemony and dominance of few. Among the prominent critical theorists inclde Max Horkheimer‚ Theodor Adorno‚ Paulo Friere‚ John Forester‚ Herbert Mercuse‚ Andrew Linklater and Dieter Misgeld‚etc‚. Trends in Critical Theory: Following are important
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