It was a great learning experience having Christopher Craig guest lecture this week. His thoughts on ideology helped me to better relate the topics in class to current day happenings. Although i have studied the ideas of Marxism before this class, each time I come across information about the topic I can still pick out new pieces of information to process. I especially agreed with the beginning of the lecture that talked about the copy of Marx’s Communist Manifesto that was found as decor for some trendy clothing store. I've seen other examples of this and i just don't get it. As said in the lecture, the innitial drawing point to the Manifesto is because of its aesthetically pleasing appearance, however the deeper meaning ties the ideals of the Manifesto to the ideals of the trendy clothing store which innitially sounds like an oxymoron. Its almost as if the store is convincing you that maybe you don't know what you're ideals are, but by purchasing our line of clothing you'll stand for something that looks important enough. Which is not necessarily true.
Also i found the lecture to be most interesting towards the end when he mentioned that as readers we are not considering how repressive the text is due to the power of the dominant class. Once that repression becomes apparent it is easier to see through the ruling class ideology and grasp our own ideals.
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Lizzie,
i completely agree that although we may have seen numerous examples of marxism in various studies in the past, it often seems that there is always something new to be learning about it. I appreciate your honesty in sayin that sometimes you just don't quite get it right away, neither do I! I also agree with you that Dr. Craig's post was most helpful in helping to identify some new thoughts on Marxism, it helped me grasp the concept, I suppose until the next time Marxism is presented in another new way!
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