Seán’s Group Two by Kate McGowan https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz Marx and ideology en-us 2016-10-13 12:35:53 UTC 2023-02-28 07:17:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Marx, Theses on Feuerbach https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134432390 ‘the philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it’. 

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to change the world, involves changing the way we interpret and make sense of it - we have to understand it correctly and acknowledge what sort of creatures we are, the way we can shape history and the societies we live in]]> 2016-11-01 11:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134432390 3 key aspects of Marxist thought https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134433633
  • Ideology >> how language and obscure and reveal the actual conditions we live under
  • History >> understanding the historical transition between era's, for instance Capitalism [makes sense of the way history moves]
  • Epistemology >> how do we 'know' who we are and assess our thoughts and actions with regards to this when we are immersed in the world we are trying to study
    • ]]>     2016-11-01 11:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134433633     René Descartes https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134435355 I think, therefore I am 

    Marxist version...

    ''I am, therefore I think?''

    ^^ social being (social conditions - society) determines consciousness
    ]]>     2016-11-01 11:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134435355     Materialism https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134436487 Marxist thought likens laborious work, such as coal mining, to being linked to art, law, philosphy, religion [see 'Base and superstructure concept']

    ^^ IMPORTANT to note that they are connected but ARE NOT reducible to economics alone. ^^^ this just means they are connected in ways that are not instantly obvious]]>     2016-11-01 12:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134436487     Basic concept of 'Base and Superstructure' https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134437779 2016-11-01 12:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134437779 << TREAD CAREFULLY https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134437978 important to note that this only demonstrates a BASIC way of acknowledging a crucial relationship between two apparently unrelated 'spheres of human activity' 

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    the practices and institutions that can identified in the 'Superstructure', for instance education, are to an extent independent of the 'Base'

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    so understand this as practices and institutions [art, literature] in 'Superstructure' are just an aesthetic [concerned with outwards appearance, beauty] way of viewing/talking about the world - can read into them but NOT subjected [forced to accept] to those readings]]>     2016-11-01 12:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/134437978     https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/136702664 2016-11-10 13:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/katemcgw/1tpx0tg9ucqz/wish/136702664