To Lenin the underlying principle was that of Marx, that ‘Everything which was created by humanity before us’ must be critically assessed, and ‘the treasures of art and science must be made accessible to the whole popular mass.’” (Catherine Cooke, “Socialist realist architecture: theory ...
Classical critical theory (no less than functional theory) has trouble explaining change and,a fortiori, representation of change in the media, for the obvious reason that the theory expects the media to reinforce the status quo. In response to the strong movements for change in the second half...
And just as the theory "explains" the law (or the event in nature that can be explained by law), so the paradigm encompasses all the theories that are held. Likewise, the concept of hegemony encompasses all that exists in a society—ideological notions, works of popular art carried by ...
In Aldous Huxley’s book Brave New World he describes a society that is genetically engineered and socially conditioned to be a fully functioning society where everything is perfect and everyone appears to be truly happy. Marxist theory applies to Brave New World in many ways including, communism...
by Jim Rose in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, Marxist economics Tags: economics of central planning Building on my four-part series (here, here, here, and here) explaining the case against socialism and my five-...
In theory, 4- and 5- bedroom units are “attainable” in price, even if they’re not “affordable” in price. Can we require a certain number of affordable units, in exchange for the extra stories? This is called a density bonus, and it’s a common thing. But for some reason, in...
Cardwell is a member of the British Socialist Workers Party. I know next to nothing about her but herintroduction to Marxist economic theoryis probably worth listening to. Alan Woods Woods is the long-time leader of the International Marxist Tendency (IMT), which is based in England. The IMT...
One posture in response to this problem issimply to declare, as Nagel does, that the value of moral theory "cannotbe measured by its practical effects." n116 But that response isunavailable to G. A. Cohen, since he has joined Marx in embracing the"practical effects" test as the relevant...
Lukács also extended Marx's theory of alienation to all other aspects. For example, he inherited Marx's view of the "alienation of things" such as land: "Private property alienates not only the individuality of men, but also of things. The ground and the earth have nothing to do with ...
It is simply because in the past decades it has not been explained systematically and convincingly by various kinds of media or by those who major in teaching and research of Marxist theory at colleges and universities. 高校为什么要坚持和加强马克思主义理论课,过去的舆论宣传和高校的马克思主义讲坛...