HREQ 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Agon, Consumerism

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 1040
• Professor: Claudio Colaguori

Document Summary

Rei cation, how does it transform us, affect on us, form of domination. Derei ng, not following the heard" or society. Agon culture and competition as the primary ideology of power. One of governing forces in social and political relations, primary ideology of global capitalism. Showed to us as natural, actually socially constructed (more natural to engage in cooperation) Always hear about the positives and not the negatives of competition. Socialized to see competition as natural, normal, positive and desirable. Competition is the worlds largest secular religion. Competition, con ict and violence will cause our extinction. People don"t win because they"re best, because they broke rules and got a way with it (trump) Competition labels us as either winners or losers. One of the dominant messages in the media. Lots of shows about competition and survival, its a dominant discourse. Warriorism over peace, creates an agonistic culture.