Chapter 3 Flashcards
Domination
Physical and violent force
Dominant groups maintain power through exerting a mix of force and consent
Superstructure
Divided into state and civil society
Gramsci Studies
Domination, Relationships, Hegemony
The State =
political society + civil society
Hegemony
A process that is constantly negotiated and renegotiated
Society’s dominant ideas reflect the interests of the ruling class
Wollstonecraft Studies
Men and women should be equal
Role of patriarchy
Bourgeois ideology
Dorothy Smith Studies
Argues that woman has been left out of knowledge studies
Bell Hooks Studies
Rarely recognized the black woman as separate from a black man
Criticized feminism for only studying white, hetero sterotypes
Post-structuralism
How knowledge is socially produced
Foucault (Power, Knowledge, Discourse)
Power - Created within social relationshios
Knowledge - can’t be separated from relations of power
Discourses - guide how we think, act and speak
Said Studies
Orientalism
Orientalism
Creates false opposition between orient and occident
Academic: Producing info on the orient
Imaginative: Art, novels, poems, creating distinction between orient and occident
Institutional: Gaining authority over orient
