Fetishism

In order to appreciate the central Marxian conception of the dialectic, we must first in the words of Vladimir Lenin, “understand Hegel first”. The main idea of dialectic is the centrality of contradiction, which dialectics believe exist in reality and that the most appropriate way to understand reality is to study the development of those contradictions. Additionally, Hegel used the idea of contradiction to understand historical change and believe that these contradictions could be worked out…

For my collections project, I made my choices based off of my appreciation for the aesthetic values of the pieces. For either their minimalism or their maximalism, something about the works appeals to my sensibilities. The Farnsworth was the first piece I wrote about extensively. After visiting the historic property several years ago, I have been captivated by its remarkable simplicity. The serenity of its setting in tandem with the exquisite design have kept my mind dwelling on Dr.…

The field of communication is greater than simply a study of mediums. Some theorists argue that communication itself can be viewed as an action or process where our interpretation of reality can be “produced, maintained and transformed”. Central to our examination of communication studies are issues relating to media spaces where approaches to power are realized. Within modern day capitalism, social media has become so universally pervasive that its ideology and commodification are all but…

Freud, “the Interpretation of Dream” Freud first recounts the story of Oedipus Rex. Freud says this story speaks to the audience because we are inherently attracted to the same sex parent and usually dislike the opposite sex parent; this is where his term Oedipus complex comes from. He then compares Hamlet to Oedipus Rex by stating that they both discuss the issues of dreams concerning parents, but in Hamlet the inclinations to fall for your parents is unconscious. The next chapter discusses…

2. The (Critical) Concept of Alienation The place the theory of alienation occupies within the philosophy of Karl Marx is problematic. Its importance is widely recognised. The concrete modality in which it affects the critique of the political economy remains, however, shrouded by presuppositions. Undoubtedly, as influential as Marx’s writing where from a historical-ideatic point of view, as much they were propagated, especially in the Eastern European space, through the filter of a flawed…

Journal Entry #1: The views presented on the differences in equality between men and women in the Western Society by Virginia Woolf in A Room of One’s Own were extremely modernist for their time. Although women have made a substantial amount of revolutionary steps for the modern woman, it can be successfully argued that there is still need for a woman to have a room of hey own in order to be successful. While many hold the idea that men and women are equals in the modern day, it can be…

success as equals. He list four values in which the “American Dream” causes people to believe that they must have these value in order to be successful (Akers et al. 2017). The four values are achievement orientation, individualism, universalism, and fetishism or money. These four value orientations are conducive to criminal behavior. Robert Agnew (2010) also revised and made his own version of general stain theory that consists of three key parts which are failure…

While watching a professional basketball game, it is easy to see the impact media and advertising has had on each particular game, but how much do they control the sport? In a perfect basketball world we would see a great battle of “teams” compete for a title, but because of the media, the rise to superstardom has reigned and being a “team” has lost its meaning. Because of the “Americanization” of sports as some are now calling it, our society focuses more on the satisfaction sports can bring…

Karl Marx adopted a dialectical materialist basis to Marxist philosophy. This is to uncover and comprehend a continuous developing subject with a logical method and reasoning (Sabine & Thorson 1973 p.687). Marx’s theory of revolutionary subjectivity suggests that in order for a radical social change to occur, this will depend on three conditions (Harrison 2014 p. 21). The first condition regards the productive powers of labour. This looks into the features of labour with conscious life activity…

The term “Asian” was originally used to define and label everyone that was not white, and by definition, the term generalizes people of vastly different backgrounds, histories, languages, and religions all into one incorrect misappropriately defined category. The term Asian itself is referred to as a race, yet a race is associated with biology. If people are of the same race, the may share the same ancestry or have similar physical characteristics, whereas the term ethnicity is used to refer to…