CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Manufacturing Consent, False Consciousness, Gie
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Loomba goes over philosophical background and theoretical background of the terms as well. In marx, the base is economics and the superstructure is everything else. In this case, the cause is the consequence: reinforces relationship between race and class; impossible in their world for a white person in their society to be poor; similarly, impossible for a poor person to be white. This shows frantz thinks the kinds of privelages (ideological and cultural privelages) in the colonial context: ra(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d (cid:374)ot (cid:272)lass is the (cid:271)ase of the (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ial s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) su(cid:272)h that ma(cid:396)(cid:454)"s thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot apply to the colonial context. Power achieved through coercion and consent according to looma. Gramsci argues it is crucial that subjects are giving consent. Idea that english is the best language as it provides global language for people to be able to communicate with and gain wealth in different areas.
