Political ideologies

Azar Nafisi and Maggie Nelson both address the issue of the ideology of art in their respective works, Reading Lolita in Tehran, and “Great to Watch.” Nafisi’s work focuses on whether or not one can use art as an escape to an imaginary world of their own ideologies. Nelson tries to show how art can let everyone have their own thoughts and ideas, without the presence of bias from the media. Ideology is best defined as an interconnected system of ideas, and both Nafisi and Nelson’s works…

within the current superstructure as “they contribute to the effective dominant culture and are a central articulation of it” (Williams 1434), while creating more production for the base through intellectual labour and the process of dominant ideologies that become commoditized. However, the formation and theories of cultural materialism and the consumption of it has led to the analyzation of how certain social and economic cultures integrated…

alternative representations that Cho and Anthony offer are an unabashed performance of who they are as part of the LGBTQ community. They very much reveal that the performance of sexuality is a political act that…

money a labor that need compensate? Second, why the major task of human being considered by Marx is labor, not playing? Is playing or relaxing important too? Third, why do Marx, Marxist, and Post-Marxist criticize capitalists inside the logic of political economics (They use the term of money, value, business confidence. Even some of the distinction like constant and variable capital are created by Marx and still used today in Economics)? Should not they jump out of the box and criticize it from…

Through all the research conducted, the most prevalent political factor found affects both the IDEA and the social problem. This factor encompasses the question of who is in charge and enforcing the availability of the funding. When the IDEA was first established, Congress committed to paying 40 percent of the average cost to educate a disabled child, and entrusted the states and local governments to fulfill the remaining costs (CEC, 2015). The Council of Exceptional Children (2015) report…

certain perquisites the rest of the women do not meet. Miss America pageant is promoting a dominant ideology where white woman have been the only ones to ever win this award. It shows the privilege, social power, rights, and political power white women have over minorities giving them the advantage to win every time. The show also promotes a hegemonic view where women are pushed to the hegemonic ideology in which women are viewed only as valuable as their appearance,…

Importance of Supreme Court Nominees’ Political Ideology Unlike the other branches of government, the Constitution is largely silent on judicial qualifications and the nomination process of judicial appointments other than stating that justices should exhibit "good behavior" and are confirmed with the “advice and consent” of the Senate. Thus, tradition largely dictates judicial nominations and the nomination processes that follow. The need for a judicial appointment can occur when a sitting…

having them accept the current state of affairs as “natural” by which the state could be able mediate and provide an avenue for their grievances tying into the first essay mentioned in the above. Though Gramsci’s analysis was more concerned with the political realm, he would also note the cultural effects of hegemony by noting the ideological apparatus on how the dominant intellectuals sell their visions. In relation to the state, Gramsci’s theory of hegemony would come to illustrate the purpose…

history, humans have been using political ideals as a means to gain power and keep people from living in complete chaos. In the course of human history, we have seen political ideologies evolve in ways that have propelled nations to greatness and in the same way plunged nations and civilizations into ruin. However, many of these ideologies, in idealized societies would be able to flourish and sustain the populations with minimal complication. I believe that of the ideologies that we learned…

The political ideology I identify the most with is liberalism. Liberalism is basically equality for all, no matter race, gender, class, sexual orientation, or religion. Liberalism typically wants more federal government involvement in social issues and economic issues. My main focus on liberalism is social issues. Coming from a family that is in touch with their faith, while at the same time does not go to church often; my parents are liberal themselves. Both of my parents have been…