risen tremendously over the years is chick-flicks. For this paper‚ I will be analyzing a very popular series ‘Gossip Girl’ that reflects many cultural theories like feminism‚ structuralism‚ Marxism‚ psychoanalytical etc. but I would mainly analyze the text through the lenses of two cultural theories namely‚ Marxism and Psychoanalysis. Gossip Girl presents the Marxist idea of class that uses a criterion of labor and wealth to differentiate between the public and the bourgeoisie (Meloy‚ 2009) and many
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Marxism and the ideals of the Communist Manifesto diffused during the twentieth century in a variety of similar yet differentiated ways. Marx‚ Engels‚ and Lenin’s version of communism was created and seen as entirely equal in the proletarian class. China and the Soviet Union implemented these ideas of building a classless society destroying exploitation and the occurrence of equality amongst the people. Both of these nations adapted and differentiated these idea‚s to their needs‚ this all lead to
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After the Afghan war ended in 1988 it had long term effects on today’s world. The war created a breeding ground for terrorism and the rise of Osama bin Laden. This was the result of the power vacuum created by both the Russians and the Americans leaving the region. The Taliban rose to power after this war and gave sanctuary to Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network. After the Soviets were defeated‚ the American Government presence faded away. The U.S. successfully conducted a proxy war using the
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is a traditional form of saving where an individual saves a fixed amount per day with a “susu” collector for a specified period‚ say one month. At the end of the month‚ the Individual collects his or her total savings less one day’s installment‚ which the “susu” collector deducts as commission. The higher the number of clients of a “susu” collector‚ the higher the level of that collectors commission at the end of each calendar month. “Susu” is the popular name given to the rotating
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Hegemony Hegemony literally is the control of one over the other within a particular group. A predominant idea or influence‚ existing within a certain context is a hegemonic condition. Usually that which is under its influence is not aware of this condition acting over them. It could be referred to as an idea of the subconscious or the state of the sub conscious. Antonio Gramschi understands hegemony through capitalism. He used the term hegemony to denote the predominance of one social class over
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Robinson attempted to trace the paths that Marxism and Black radicalism took through history. He started in the feudal society of Europe and was looking for the origins of racism and nationalism. He connects this to the idea of “racial capitalism.” He uses this term to refer to “the development‚ organization‚ and expansion of capitalist society [which] pursued essentially racial directions‚ so too did social ideology (Robinson‚ pg. 2).” He saw this as a force that would spread through any society
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Karl Marx was the founding father of the capitalism theory of sociology and was popular for co-authoring the Communist Manifesto‚ (Little‚ W. et al. (2014). Through his theory a great sociological perspective was developed. He believed that the inequality that was present in his time was due to the unequal distribution of power and material in society‚ separating it into two classes; the upper and the lower class referred to by Marx as the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Marx believed that the only
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Highlight Real of Marxism in American Football Abstract: During many weeks in 2010‚ the Football dilemma started to arise as a social issue in society. Raising the question of what should be done if any by the National Football League to prevent traumatic and sometimes deadly hits on the field. Varying degrees of opinions as to what should be done; questions include inquiring on the ethics of the NFL and their lack of safety toward players as any kind of progressive movement. Stagnate would
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Assess the contribution of Marxism to our understanding of society [33 marks] Marxism is a macro/structural approach to society‚ meaning that it looks at the large-scale societal structure for answers about how society works and operates. They believe that structure is categorised into two kinds of structure; the infrastructure and the superstructure. They believe the infrastructure is made up of the economic base and is made up of the social relations between the producers and who owns the means
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Modern Marxists and the Continuing Relevance of Marxism However modern Marxists reject the above arguments and argue instead that the Marxist critique of capitalism is still relevant in the C21st . Thus modern Marxists and others have challenged all of the above theories of post-capitalism and continue to argue that despite theories of the managerial revolution‚ democratic pluralism significant changes in class structure that even nowadays that the rich continue to exercise massive economic and
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