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Agenda
AnnouncementsPaper #3 due Dec 5th Paper #4 due Dec 17th
Questions on Papers? Results from Midterm Evaluations Examples of Journal Entries Review and Discussion of Marx and Class
Consciousness Review of Discussion of DeMott
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Class Consciousness and Marx
Elements of Class Consciousness Identity – an awareness of membership defined
by a relation to production Opposition – a sense that this social identity
creates common interests and a common fate that is not in line with the interests of the capitalist class
Totality – disposition to take collective action in pursuit of these class interests
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Class Consciousness and Marx
Conditions that are necessary Concentration and communication Deprivation Economic insecurity Alienation at work Polarization Homogenization Organization and struggle
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Class Consciousness and Marx
What are the forces impeding class consciousness? Ideology – culture produced from a certain social
location; ideas fitting people’s material interests Ideas are controlled by force Ideas are controlled by access to material resources Hegemony – the dominant or common sense view
among all segments of society is actually the ideology of the dominant class
Media – reproduces the viewpoint of dominant institutions and presents them as natural and obvious
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DeMott and the “Imperial Middle”
Argument: Social class is real and has significant consequences Culture (the media) masks class realities
3 story patterns that perpetuate the myth of classlessness Discovery Upending Renunciations
The Omni Syndrome Social distance is unreal
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Review
Paper 3 due Dec 5th
Class consciousness and MarxDeMott and the Imperial Middle