A Marxist Theory Of Ideology

Author : Andrea Sau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000073263

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This work explores the question of defining ideology from a Marxist perspective. Advancing beyond the schemas of discussion presented in current Marxist literature, the author offers an account of how the concept of ideology should be defined and what role it plays within historical materialism. Through a close reading of Karl Marx’s relevant writings, this volume demonstrates that while there is no coherent, single account of ideology in Marx’s work, his materialist framework can be reconstructed in a defensible and ‘non-deterministic’ way. The definition of ideology presented is then articulated through a close reading of Antonio Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks. Efforts are also made to demonstrate that Gramsci’s interpretation of historical materialism is indeed consistent and compatible with Marx’s. A systematic articulation of a theory of ideology that combines the works of Marx and Gramsci, as well as adding elements of Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory and William James’s psychology, this volume will appeal to scholars of social and political theory with interests in political economy and Marxist thought.

Author : Bhikhu Parekh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317499121

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Marx's Theory of Ideology (RLE Marxism) by Bhikhu Parekh Pdf

Although Marx’s concept of ideology has been a subject of considerable discussion, much of the debate has proved to be rather disappointing. There has been no systematic attempt to examine why Marx needed the concept of ideology, why it was an important concept for him and how it related to his views on truth and objectivity. This book, first published in 1982, considers these and other neglected questions. It explains why Marx continued to use the term ideology throughout his life to mean both idealism and apologia and traces the complex ways in which, according to Marx, such talented writers as Hegel became apologists. In conclusion the book outlines the lessons Marx learnt from his investigations into the nature and mechanism of ideology and discusses his theories of objectivity and truth.

Author : Jan Rehmann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004252318

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Theories of Ideology by Jan Rehmann Pdf

How to explain the hegemonic stability of neoliberal capitalism even in the midst of its crises? The emergence of ideology theories marked a re-foundation of Marxist research into the functioning of alienation and subjection. Going beyond traditional concepts of ‘manipulation’ and ‘false consciousness’, they turned to the material existence of hegemonic apparatuses and focused on the mostly unconscious effects of ideological practices, rituals and discourses. Jan Rehmann reconstructs the different strands of ideology theories ranging from Marx to Adorno/Horkheimer, from Lenin to Gramsci, from Althusser to Stuart Hall, from Bourdieu to W.F. Haug, from Foucault to Butler. He compares them in a way that a genuine dialogue becomes possible and applies the different methods to the ‘market totalitarianism’ of today’s high-tech-capitalism.

Author : Ernesto Laclau
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781844677887

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Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory by Ernesto Laclau Pdf

Ernesto Laclau is best known for co-authoring Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, with Chantal Mouffe. Politically active in the social and student movements of the 1960s, and a member of PSIN (Socialist Party of the National Left), Laclau’s oeuvre links the working class and new social movements. Rejecting Marxist economic determinism and the notion of class struggle, Laclau instead urged for a radical democracy where antagonisms could be expressed. Frequently described as post-Marxist, Laclau’s writings have focused on political movements. Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory was Laclau’s first published work, where readers can trace the early formation of ideas that shaped the twentieth century.

Author : Mark E. Blum,William T. Smaldone
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004306349

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Austro-Marxism: The Ideology of Unity by Mark E. Blum,William T. Smaldone Pdf

This volume offers the essential theoretical thought of the Austro-Marxist thinkers Otto Bauer, Max Adler, Karl Renner, Friedrich Adler, Rudolf Hilferding, and Otto Neurath over the span of their Austrian Social-Democratic careers, from the decades before World War I until the mid-1930s.

Author : Colin Sumner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015058011654

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Reading Ideologies by Colin Sumner Pdf

"In this book Marx's theory of ideology is re-examined and contrasted with the position of Althusser. On the basis of the Marxist theory of ideology, the existing reading methods are examined and found to be inadequate, and a new method is proposed. Law is examined as a classical form of ideology and its role as an ideological force in society is described. In this examination classical Marxist theory is criticised. A method for reading the ideological composition of law is outlined. The book can be seen as a contribution to social theory and methodology and as a critique of recent structuralist approaches to ideology and society. It is a detailed attempt to explore the basic Marxist position that ideologies are reflections of social relations and an attempt to see what this means in theory and in the practice of sociological research. This book will be of considerable interest to students and researchers in the humanities and social sciences." -- Backcover.

Author : Rachel Sharp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351809634

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Knowledge, Ideology and the Politics of Schooling by Rachel Sharp Pdf

First published in 1980, this book argues that a theory of ideology is essential to a theory of education. It relates developments in the Marxist theory of ideology to the analysis of schooling in a capitalist society. Beginning with an appraisal of the early twentieth century liberal social theorists, including Weber, Durkheim, Veblen and Mannheim, it demonstrates that the weakness of their approaches arose from a failure to comprehend adequately the nature of capitalism. It then outlines the state of the theory of ideology at the time and applies the concept in an analysis of contemporary schooling, concluding with a discussion of its political implications. The application of the theory of ideology offers important possibilities for a radical socialist strategy on education.

Author : John Torrance
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1995-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521440661

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Karl Marx's Theory of Ideas by John Torrance Pdf

Marx's undeveloped ideas about how society presents a misleading appearance which distorts its members' understanding of it have been the subject of many conflicting interpretations. In this book John Torrance takes a fresh, un-Marxist approach to Marx's texts and shows that a more precise, coherent and cogent sociology of ideas can be extracted from them than is generally allowed. The implications of this for twentieth-century capitalism and for recent debates about Marx's conceptions of justice, morality and the history of social science are explored. The author argues that Marx's theory of ideas is sufficiently independent of other parts of his thought to provide a critique and explanation of those defects in his own understanding of capitalism which allowed Marxism itself to become, by his own definition, an ideology.

Author : Ron Eyerman
Publisher : Stockholm, Sweden : Almqvist & Wiksell International
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Class consciousness
ISBN : UOM:39015001038218

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False Consciousness and Ideology in Marxist Theory by Ron Eyerman Pdf

Author : Louis Althusser
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781788739252

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On Ideology by Louis Althusser Pdf

This major voice in French philosophy presents a classic study of how particular political and cultural ideas come to dominate society. Spanning the years 1964 to 1973, On Ideology contains the seminal text, “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatus” (1970), which revolutionized the concept of subject formation. In “Reply to John Lewis” (1972–73), Althusser addressed the criticisms of the English Marxist toward On Marx and Reading Capital. Also included are “Freud and Lacan” (1964) and “A Letter on Art in Reply to André Daspre” (1966).

Author : Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels
Publisher : Martino Fine Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1614270481

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The German Ideology by Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels Pdf

2011 Reprint of 1939 Edition. Parts I & III of "The German Ideology." Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published by the Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow in 1939. "The German Ideology" was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels circa 1846, but published later. The original edition was divided into three parts. Part I, the most significant, is perhaps the classic statement of the Marxist theory of history and his much cited "materialist conception of history." Since its first publication, Marxist scholars have found Part I "The German Ideology" particularly valuable since it is perhaps the most comprehensive statement of Marx's theory of history stated at such length and detail. Part II consisted of many satirically written polemics against Bruno Bauer, other Young Hegelians, and Max Stirner. These polemical and highly partisan sections of the "German Ideology" have not been reproduced in this edition. We reprint Parts I & Parts III only. Part III treats Marx & Engels' conception of true socialism and is reprinted in its entirety. Part II has not been reprinted in this edition in order to produce a small and inexpensive book which contains the gist of the "German Ideology." Appendix contains the "Theses on Feuerbach." Index of authors, with scholarly citations and footnotes.

Author : Ferruccio Rossi-Landi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015018478134

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Marxism and Ideology by Ferruccio Rossi-Landi Pdf

Ferruccio Rossi-Landi was one of Italy's foremost Marxist theorists. In Marxism and Ideology, which represents the culmination of his life's work, he goes further than any writer to illuminate the complex issues raised by the concept of `ideology'. Through its penetrating analysis of the intimate relationship between language, consciousness, and power, his treatise not only offers a valuable review of the history of the notion of ideology and the debate surrounding it, but represents an original and comprehensive revision of the classicMarxist theory of ideology. While retaining the conceptual framework of historical materialism, the author takes on board three major developments in post-war human sciences: the recognition of Marxism's shortcomings as a predictive and strictly empirical system of thought, the relativism whichhas invaded every academic discipline, and the emergence of semiology and linguistics as major fields of enquiry. In the hands of Rossi-Landi, Marxism becomes both a finely-tuned analytical tool for investigating ideology and a fully fledged ideology in its own right.

Author : Luis A. Conde-Costas
Publisher : Department of Sociology Uppsala University
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Ideology
ISBN : 915542791X

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The Marxist Theory of Ideology by Luis A. Conde-Costas Pdf

Author : Chantal Mouffe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317744375

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Gramsci and Marxist Theory (RLE: Gramsci) by Chantal Mouffe Pdf

This book familiarizes the English-speaking reader with the debate on the originality of Gramsci’s thought and its importance for the development of Marxist theory. The contributors present the principal viewpoints regarding Gramsci’s theoretical contribution to Marxism, focussing in particular on his advances in the study of the superstructures, and discussing his relation to Marx and Lenin and his influence in Eurocommunism. Different interpretations are put forward concerning the elucidation of Gramsci’s key concepts, namely: hegemony, integral state, war of position and passive revolution.

Author : Emile Bertrand Ader
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034928825

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Communism by Emile Bertrand Ader Pdf