SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Second-Wave Feminism, Black Feminist Thought, Theodor W. Adorno

• School: WLU
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SY101
• Professor: Jeff Klaehn

Document Summary

Western marxism: refers to more independent and critical forms of marxism than those practiced by soviet and chinese regime. Theorists: gyorgy lukas, antonia gramsci, theodor adorno, max horkheimer, herbert marcuse, louis althusser. G(cid:396)a(cid:373)s(cid:272)i(cid:859)s co(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of hege(cid:373)o(cid:374)(cid:455: a(cid:272)(cid:272)epted ma(cid:396)(cid:454)(cid:859)s a(cid:374)al(cid:455)sis of the st(cid:396)uggle (cid:271)(cid:449) the (cid:396)uli(cid:374)g (cid:272)lass a(cid:374)d the su(cid:271)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)ate (cid:449)o(cid:396)ki(cid:374)g (cid:272)lass. Focused on the role that civil society plays in establishing hegemony: hegemony not a process that is constantly negotiated, not static- ruling class cannot take it for granted ; consent = active consent. First-wave feminism took shape in mid 1800s just after ww1 with victory for women to vote: e. g. (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g des(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)ed as (cid:858)pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)s(cid:859) i(cid:374) la(cid:449) a(cid:374)d a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to o(cid:272)(cid:272)up(cid:455) positio(cid:374)s i(cid:374) pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) offi(cid:272)e. Criticism: the singular voice that represents all women is voice of white, middle-class, heterosexual educated women homogenous notion of women. Second-wave feminist theorizing: recognizes there are variations in the experiences of men and women but women share domination by men.