Post-Apocalyptic Hierarchies: A Marxist Criticism of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road The storm of post-apocalyptic novels has taken much of the literary world by storm in the past century or so. This does not stop just there‚ of course‚ it branches so far into other media that the storyline of a human life following the collapse of the world as we know it is not at all an unfamiliar one. Movies‚ video games‚ and the traditional books have all taken their own look at this interesting offshoot of (science)
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and supposed visions as a part of theological insolence‚ Blake’s love for creativity and imagination updates his conception of a personal cosmology that supports both his lyric and visionary poetry. Blake’s poetry reflected early proclamations of Marxist topics even though Marxism had not even been documented as a theory. In order to present the theme of innocence throughout the poem‚ the rhyming pattern of this poem is maintained in quatrain form allowing it to create a mood of innocence with the
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Examine some of the ways in which Marxists explain crime. One way in which Marxists examine crime is the idea that they feel crime is inevitable in capitalism because capitalism in itself is criminogenic. Due to capitalism being based on exploiting the working class by using them as a means of making profit‚ this is therefore damaging to the working class and arguably explains why crime is committed. Due to the exploitation of the working class‚ which may lead to poverty and in some cases the only
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Zone One and Marxism Colson Whitehead’s novel‚ Zone One‚ draws attention to the issue of consumer capitalism through a post-apocalyptic plot line. Leif Sorensen draws on at this point by discussing how Zone One feeds into his claim that “capitalism insists that the future will be an endless repetition of its cycles of creative destruction” (562). My essay builds and extend this claim by focusing on an overlooked aspect of the novel‚ the stragglers’ role of attempting to cling to the past. By concentrating
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Marxist sociologists utilise Marxist concepts in order to provide a framework for understanding the cause and effects of crime and deviance in a capitalist society. These sociologists see power as being controlled by those who own and maintain the means of production. The superstructure of a capitalist society the agencies of social control‚ the law‚ politics as well as crime all reflect and serve ruling-class interests. According to Marxists‚ laws are patented in as a direct reflection of ruling-class
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adopts principles of equality‚ freedom‚ and natural rights. Yet underneath its lofty ideals lies a socio-economic context that Marxist analysis reveals. Karl Marx’s historical commercialism provides a framework to critique the Declaration’s claims and purposes‚ which highlights its function as a tool to carry on bourgeois dominance. This essay dives deep into the Marxist critique of the Declaration of Independence‚ employing historical materialism to unravel its rudimentary functions and goals. By
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“The Swimmer” through a Marxist lens 1. Write one level-three-question about “The Swimmer” based on the quotes you identified in class. (You may also use one the questions that we share out in class) 2. Write a formal‚ analytical paragraph that answers this question. This should follow the format of a body paragraph of an essay. You must have a topic sentence‚ context‚ 2-4 pieces of evidence that explain your answer‚ analysis that goes beyond the literal explanation of the quote and transitions
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International Socialist Review Issue 32‚ November–December 2003 The Orwell we never knew By LEE WENGRAF *** BIG BROTHER‚ double-think‚ thought police: George Orwell’s 1984–his bleak portrait of a futuristic‚ totalitarian society–is as powerful today as ever. Though it has often been used as a cautionary tale about the terrors of socialism‚ its portrayal of government deception‚ lying and thought-control has a familiar ring in today’s post 9-11 world. His Animal Farm and 1984 are among the
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Compare and Contrast Functionalist and Marxist Theories of Stratification Stratification is the separation of society into layers which are distinguished by unequal rewards and life chances and many systems of stratification have been based on slavery‚ caste and feudalism. Slavery‚ being the oldest and most extreme form of stratification‚ involves the enslavement or ownership of others. This ownership came about as a result of conquest‚ trade‚ kidnapping‚ hereditary status or the repayment of
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Assess the usefulness of Marxist approaches in explaining crime (21 Marks) Marxists see society as divided into two opposed classes; a small capitalist ruling class and a majority working class. Marxists do not agree with perspectives such as Functionalism‚ and see the law as a reflection of a value consensus among society’s members; instead they see law and crime as arising out of the structure of capitalism and reflecting the values of ruling class ideology. In their view the structure of the capitalist
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