Louis Althusser

in humanity. Louie Althusser regards the State as a severely constricting apparatus, which is used by the dominant social class as a tool to repress and control the working class. Contrasting to the Repressive State Apparatuses, Ideological State Apparatuses belong to churches, schools, and families. Rather than dominating, and imposing order, through repression, Ideological State Apparatuses support the rule of the dominant social class predominantly through ideology. Althusser implies that in…

be maintained by reproduction of the conditions of production, Althusser is dedicated to improving the “Marxist theory” of the State from the point of view of reproduction. He believes that the reproduction of the relations of production is mainly secured by the Ideological State Apparatuses (AIE). However, he finds that although Marx has made some discussions about ideology, he has never formulated a theory of it. Therefore, Althusser proposes a theory of ideology in general, and focuses on…

Although one of the fundamental elements of the theory he posits rests on the idea that “Ideology represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence” (Althusser 693). While the opera does not inherently possess the elements of an ideology it combines them in such a way that resonates so strongly with Gallimard that the story of Pinkerton and Butterfly becomes an ideology to him. He is interpellated by the…

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All that Prospero knows, his ideology that he is born into and therefore, according to Althusser, is always subject to (Althusser 699), is how to be a duke and be in power. Therefore, upon his traveling to this new island, Prospero saw an opportunity in the real condition of an inhabited island and his loss of dukedom in Milan. Prospero establishes a relationship…

When a man is engaging or in a relationship with a woman it can be said to be acting in the manner in which he is because he is thinking with his penis, but what must be noted is that the penis, used as a tool or status symbol, is a material condition that has little meaning itself and is only given meaning and power when supported by ones ideologies. Ideologies, which are overvalued, that are project onto the world from ones perspective does not guarantee that that will be the way in which the…

According to Comolli and Narboni, the notion of category e films refers to an ideology that is firmly established at a starting point; the spectator must know that the film is sending the signal that a particular prevailing ideology is considered the “norm” or the order of things. The spectator has to literally disregard a sector of films in which consciousness of the ideology is elicited in a way that renders it in a straightforward fashion. Then, as the film progresses, the spectator notices…

Paris). In this sense, it could be argued that Régis never gets to suffer from capitalist exploitation, as he goes straight from being a lumpenproletariat to music stardom. Additionally, the insights offered by some post-marxist theorists, such as Althusser…

influence everyone to believe in these false ideologies, those expressing them would use rhetoric and interpellation to attract and connect with the individuals so they can see themselves within the ideology and allows the superior to stay dominant. As Althusser expressed, “Ideology is thus destined, above all, to assure the domination of one class over the…

The mental frameworks we use to make sense of the world is known as ideology. Louis Althusser, a French Marxist, described it as “an imaginary relationship of an individual to real conditions of existence”. Althusser’s goal is to display how ideology works and for us to challenge it, he does this by splitting ideology into Ideological State Apparatus (ISA) and Repressive State Apparatus (RSA). In season 6 episode 24 of Grey’s Anatomy ISA and RSA are both used by multiple characters and both are…