On False Consciousness part 2: You have been brainwashed(kinda)

Description: In the second of our discussion on False cocniousness, we take a look at the method of analysis that can help us see how we live in ideology(a narrative that shapes our experiences) called dialectical materialism...I can see how excited you are . Yippee, sociology !!

We look at how the contradictions inherent in social systems stem not from ideas but from relations to the means of production-the means by which we reproduce ourselves, and that the further you're removed from cosncuosly understanding your relationship to these means, the moe likely you are to be a victim of forces that will seem unintelligible to you

Links
The perverts guide to ideology-part fo a longer movie you can find on youtube for free.    • Slavoj Žižek on "They Live" (The Pervert's...  

Reading resources

The German ideology is a great breakdown of what materialism as a philosophical concept is versus idealism. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx...

On historical materialism which is the application of dialectical materialism to history: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx...

On dialectics as a method- A great video breakdown that can lead to other sources
   • Fundamentals of Marx: Dialectics  


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