SOCA03Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Antonio Gramsci, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory
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Soca03y - lecture 04 - contemporary social theories. The central concept that is consistent throughout all of the theories discussed either directly or indirectly is power: western marxism, feminist theories, post-structuralism, queer theory, post-colonial theory, anti-racist theories. Antonio gramsci furthered marx"s analysis regarding how the ruling class ruled. Feminist theories: gender or sexual inequity lead to this form of theory to merge. Its focus was on how women was controlled by men within society (in a subtle sense as well more violent: how feminist characteristics were devalued, while men were praised in a sense. Post-structuralism is concerned with how knowledge is socially produced. According to foucault, power is created within social relationships, and is. Found everywhere, meaning they are always at work/multidimensional: knowledge can never be separated from relations of power, discourses guide how we think, act and speak (tells us how the world is and how it ought to be).
