MDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Doxa, Heterodoxy, Reductionism
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Avatar"s portrayal of political, social or religious issues would in turn shape the way that its audiences would perceive these issues in the larger world. Cultural theory: an overview: culture is simple what human beings produce and the means by which we preserve what we have produced it is constructed, multifaceted and uniquely human, building blocks of culture: Physical: artifacts are material human made objects. Social: practices or customs of our daily lives. Media, ideology and representations of race and. Drives are somatic demands upon the mind. Psychoanalysis begins with the consideration of how the mind registers the body"s internal, biological needs and transforms them into motivating forces or drives. The pleasure principle; different drives arise from different sources and see out different objects in the world but all of them ultimately seek satisfaction through the achievement of these objects. It is the variability of objects and aims that distinguishes drive from hard-wired instincts.
