Punk ideologies

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…

introduce Civil Service Reform. Examples of activists in the early 19th century would be: Margaret Sanger, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. Dubois. Each of these activists fought to change political ideology in the United States. These activists in the Progressive Era presented people with a more polarizing ideology, thus weakening political machines and strengthening the power of…

1. Classic Liberalism is the most dominant ideology that exists, plus it is the first modern ideology as well. It is an ideology that originated from a reaction against the medical society’s feudal structures. In essence liberalism is the “ideology of freedom or liberty” (Johnston, pg. 202) Governments are necessary in order to provide security within their governing body, which is why some people are willing to sacrifice a small portion of their freedom in order to be secure. During the period…

symbolized by George and Dr. Haber respectively. Through the use of the dreams, Le Guin explores the antipodal ideologies and reasons with how each would make the world a “better place”. Dr. Haber is portrayed as the antagonist in the novel and yet, shares the same ideology of so many of this novel’s readers. Le Guin designed the character to be a symbol for western humanism and utilitarian ideologies. During the story, the audience is under the impression that Dr. Haber has no idea of…

Stepping out of the bar, Liv scanned Bourbon Street and sighed heavily. The famous New Orleans tourist attraction had become party grounds for the various drunks who now walked back and forth. She hated this place at night, it was like these people couldn't handle their alcohol and so they regurgitated back up to the streets of New Orleans. After which they'd continue to guzzle more of the beverage and further annoy everyone with their stupid antics. Why couldn't people just come to this city…

Henry “Harry” Hay changed the lives for thousands of people. While doing that he changed the world in general because of all the stuff he had pushed for. He was one of the leading pioneers for the gay rights movement. Even though he pushed for gay rights he was married at one point. Over the span of his life he had 3 male partners that were known. Hay had a relatively normal childhood life from what is known about it. He was born on April 7th 1912. His parents were Margaret Niall and Harry Hay…

In this reflection, I combine the content of the two classes last week. First, I will give my reply to several questions that posted by the discussion leaders. Secondly, I summarize and present my thoughts to several discussion topics in class. And finally, I would like to posit my questions to Marx, Marxists, or Post-Marxist. For the class on Tuesday, one question we discussed was about the differences between money as capital and money as mere money. My own answer to this is that Marx…

when it comes to history. Dominant ideologies and views of history have had calamitous consequences when gone unchallenged by society. Marchak discusses who creates and controls the dominant ideology in contemporary society, as they are the ones ‘who control the present’. As the dominant ideology grows on a society, it makes it harder to challenge it. Free though is constantly celebrated and fought for in first world countries such as ours, but counter-ideologies are suppressed when inconvenient…

Schmitt insist that the friend -enemy distinction is the defining feature of the political, and that violence is the mode of preservation for the state and its beliefs. “Each participant is in a position to judge whether the adversary intends to negate his opponent’s way of life and therefore must be repulsed or fought in order to preserve one’s own form of existence” (Schmitt 1927, 27). The political exist to justly defend the created political order. A group of people who willingly engage…

primarily organized by young men that sought a modern nationalist platform through the LNA in the 1930s. The fervent nationalism against the French mandate provided a conceptualization of Syria as a socialist nation through the impact of European ideology of socialist and communist movements. The Ba’ath Party of the 1940s established the roots of Syrian socialism under the leadership of men that were trained in French universities in Paris.…