Q: What is Antonio Gramsci’s concept of understanding of the intellectuals. How is it different from the conventional perception of intellectual in his essay "The Formation of the Intellectuals" Ans: Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci in his essay "The Formation of the Intellectuals" focuses on the way how intellectuals are formed in a society and the activites they perform in it. Every society is composed of various social groups‚ which has specific role in the mose of production because of the
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decentralized‚ unconnected incursions into public affairs.” Widespread agreement exists about two patterns of coherence‚ ideological and budgetary. A system needs to allow ideological packaging “to permit broad ranging change of the sort recommended by ideologies and to provide a graspable politics to sectors of the public who might be interested in such change.” Example: “The postwar American system has accommodated it (ideological packaging) under circumstances of both unified and divided party control---notably
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of 1832 and the transition of power to Victoria in 1837‚ two distinct political parties began to form. Society in Great Britain aligned themselves with these parties and fought alongside them to have their beliefs heard. The Liberal party led by William Gladstone and the Conservative party primarily led by Benjamin Disraeli were two political parties whose contradicting views and constant battle for power shaped the political structure throughout the Victorian Era. The Liberal Party and the Conservative
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Vol. 8‚ No. 2‚ 2002 49 WHAT IS EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS? Peter Slade University of the Sunshine Coast This article examines the question as to whether or not a new paradigm of employment relations is emerging. In doing so‚ it examines the nature of ideologies‚ and argues that the specific adoption of pluralism and the joining of Industrial Relations and Human Resources Management as a prerequisite to the evolution of a new field of enquiry is misplaced. It is suggested that any coherent social science
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Define individualism and explain its importance within liberal ideology The liberal ideology is formed on several ideologies. Individualism is considered one of the most crucial. It’s involved in most liberal characteristics like freedom‚ the economy and the role of the state. But there is notable division between modern and classic liberalists as to what it focuses on with modern liberalists focusing on individuality and classics believe in utilitarianism and and social darwinism. However it
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of ’liberty’ in Paine’s thought? Equality? What is the relationship between the two? The meaning of liberty in Paine’s thought was the state of being free within society from cruel limits enforced by authority on one’s way of life‚ behavior‚ or political views. He described equality as the state of being equal in positions‚ rights‚ and opportunities. The relationship between the two is that they work hand-in-hand because everyone should have equal rights. 4. According to Paine‚ why is there a need
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Indian Political Scenario India was declared a Sovereign free State in the year 1950‚ and‚ the patriots who had struggled for this event could‚ never have visulaised that‚ after fifty years of that great event‚ India would be in such a dilapidated political shape as it was‚ in the year 1998‚ till now. The year 1998 presented a spectacular change in the political scenario of the country by outsing the erstwhile century old single political party of the country‚ the Indian National Congress. This ouster
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defeat his political rivals so easily in the years 1924–29? The main contenders to Stalin in the struggle for power were: Bukharin‚ Trotsky‚ Zinoviev and Kamenev who all played a significant role in the success of Stalin as the leader of the Communist Party. The main reasons‚ however‚ include Stalin’s political position‚ Stalin’s manipulation of the Party machine and Stalin’s exploitation of the internal divisions of the Party. One reason as to why Stalin succeeded Lenin was his political powerbase
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What defines civilization? What makes humankind the superior animal? Is it the fact that humanity can exchange intellectual thoughts with one another and build upon those ideologies that are discussed‚ or is it that humans can work together to achieve peace and harmony? If one were to extract a certain number of individuals out of a civilized nation and place them together in an isolated venue‚ would the strong mold the weak into their ideological perspective‚ would it benefit themselves or others
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well for themselves. But it was unpopular to many communists. Firstly‚ it was unpopular because the communists believed that it did not fit in with Marxist ideology‚ as they believed the NEP was deeply flawed. There was private enterprise which meant that some people were making a profit out of others labour. Marx believed that the political superstructure of every society was based on its economic base and the NEP went totally against the principle of public good. Also another reason why the NEP
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