I have literary theory exam and this video helped me out I hope u can make more videos about those complicated theories and make them as easier as a piece of cake like this video Such as the post structuralism Formalism Post modernism
Great video. Marx had great ideas on this, thus did Gramsci, and later Chomsky. Propaganda is one of my favorite topics, that I'm now actually attempting to write a book to help the layman see better through common propaganda linked to the modern war machine.
@@thenatureofwriting9222 thanks so much! Videos like this help properly develop the methods of analysis in which I am able to break down the concepts into a better understanding for everyone, including myself.
@the nature of writing thank you for your explanation of marxist literary theory i am from english lirerature department in my university tomorrow i will learn this theory with my lecturer
It's not true that Marx regarded literature as deliberate propaganda. Rather, he said the ideas of a societies rulers - including their self-justifying sophisms - _tend_ to become dominant. People gravitate towards thinking like their masters, and this obviously influences their writing. But (1) it's only a general tendency and (2) other things influence the beliefs of the people, including realities that the rulers deny.
Thanks for the clarification. It's certainly true that Marx and Engels warned people not to simplify their view of historical materialism, and that they acknowledged they themselves were sometimes guilty of this. Marx did not write a tremendous amount about literature specifically, and what he did have to say was often too simplistic. Later Marxists such as Raymond Williams and Fredric Jameson readily admitted that Marx had a tendency to turn literature into straightforward propaganda (deliberate or not). So I think you're right to remind us not to simplify matters, but your characterization of Marx's views on literature may dilute Marx's understanding of causation too much.
No. It is what it says. The writer tends to communicate through the general ruling ideology of their time because, as a participant of a given age and location, they tend to conceptualise things through this shared framework. Nothing about hierarchies or corruption.
I have a question regarding this part where you said "' why do we give our consent? why do we take part in what you might call as an expression of dominant hegemony?" then why? is it because we are psychologically manipulated by the dominant hegemony to agree?
Thank you for such a clear explanation of Marxism. It would really help us if your images are focused better. Viewing this on an HD screen is tiring to the eyes because of the blurred images... next time please :)
Thanks for drawing this to my attention. I thought the videos were optimized for HD. Did you select "1080p HD" from the settings menu (in the bottom right of the video player)?
Very interesting since I missed the class about the Marxist critical theory. Would you please tell me what did you to do this video and the writing on a black background. I'd like to know about this in order to be able to use it with my students Thank you in advance
Great video. After some research I've seen some words that may link with your video: economic determinism historical materialism Can you explain the role of reductionism as well especially in contrast to historicism
Thanks! Both those terms are useful, though I gather Marx himself did not necessarily use them. I'm not sure what to say about the last two terms. I suppose you could argue that Marxism is reductionist in its claim that the superstructure is primarily the result of economic conditions, and Engels did express some reservations about people going too far with that idea.
@@thenatureofwriting9222 true, Engels did say that the base and superstructure model could be misinterpreted as meaning that the base fully controls the super - which is obviously false and Marx did not use these terms but these terms are closely linked. However economic determinism for example has been criticised by some Marxist thinkers as a poor reading of Marxism. Thanks.
Seems to be a Hegelian influence on Marx's thought. And it seems as though Marx was relying a lot on confirmation bias to get history, his philosophy of history and Hegel's paradigm to all fit together. While I still think some of Marx's economic principles have a lot of merit, I tend to prefer the New England Transcendentalist's overall philosophy as contrasted with Hegel's philosophy. Those transcendentalists made an attempt at a form of communism called Brook Farm -- which I think goes to show there are many different potential forms and variants of the principle of communism and how those principles are applied to any attempt to realize a working communist system. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Farm.
You're right that Hegel had an influence on Marx, though Hegel put more emphasis on ideas influencing history rather than the other way around. Another concept that Marx borrowed from Hegel is the notion of "alienation." Thanks for the feedback!
So in summary, literature is, according to Marx, the superstructure and the economic status of the authors is the base, which in turn influences their work and their views within it. Did i nail it or did I just fall flat ?
This video is sort of the journey from Classical Marxism to Neo-Marxism. Which is basically everybody after Marx focusing more on the cultural superstructure.
@@educatedhadhramis I’m not sure what you mean, although you are right in saying Marxism links to feminism (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_feminism), I was talking about en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freudo-Marxism
This was of great help. You hammered the convoluted theory into an easy concept, with your soothing voice. Thanks man!
Thanks!
14:17 the one example that makes this concept clear
I have literary theory exam and this video helped me out
I hope u can make more videos about those complicated theories and make them as easier as a piece of cake like this video
Such as the post structuralism
Formalism
Post modernism
Good suggestion. I will continue to make more theory videos.
Great video. Marx had great ideas on this, thus did Gramsci, and later Chomsky. Propaganda is one of my favorite topics, that I'm now actually attempting to write a book to help the layman see better through common propaganda linked to the modern war machine.
A good cause indeed. Best wishes with your writing!
@@thenatureofwriting9222 thanks so much! Videos like this help properly develop the methods of analysis in which I am able to break down the concepts into a better understanding for everyone, including myself.
Mother of Jesus. You are a genius! Great voice, deep knowledge of the discussion, high eloquence.. thanks 😊
Much true. Very nice. He is extremely pogchamp and his knowledge has assisted me with my studies tremendously.
I really loved this video, thank you a lot for this explanation.
@the nature of writing thank you for your explanation of marxist literary theory i am from english lirerature department in my university tomorrow i will learn this theory with my lecturer
It to late found this great video. My happiness finally got this one. I hope to get more information like this discussion.
i would say the relationship between the base and super structure are in a dialectical relationship.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_materialism
This video was so interesting and helpful, thank you!
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It's not true that Marx regarded literature as deliberate propaganda. Rather, he said the ideas of a societies rulers - including their self-justifying sophisms - _tend_ to become dominant. People gravitate towards thinking like their masters, and this obviously influences their writing. But (1) it's only a general tendency and (2) other things influence the beliefs of the people, including realities that the rulers deny.
Thanks for the clarification. It's certainly true that Marx and Engels warned people not to simplify their view of historical materialism, and that they acknowledged they themselves were sometimes guilty of this. Marx did not write a tremendous amount about literature specifically, and what he did have to say was often too simplistic. Later Marxists such as Raymond Williams and Fredric Jameson readily admitted that Marx had a tendency to turn literature into straightforward propaganda (deliberate or not). So I think you're right to remind us not to simplify matters, but your characterization of Marx's views on literature may dilute Marx's understanding of causation too much.
"societies rulers - - tend to become dominant".
So is this akin to hierarchies tending to become corrupt?
No. It is what it says. The writer tends to communicate through the general ruling ideology of their time because, as a participant of a given age and location, they tend to conceptualise things through this shared framework. Nothing about hierarchies or corruption.
I have a question regarding this part where you said "' why do we give our consent? why do we take part in what you might call as an expression of dominant hegemony?" then why? is it because we are psychologically manipulated by the dominant hegemony to agree?
Thank you for such a clear explanation of Marxism. It would really help us if your images are focused better. Viewing this on an HD screen is tiring to the eyes because of the blurred images... next time please :)
Thanks for drawing this to my attention. I thought the videos were optimized for HD. Did you select "1080p HD" from the settings menu (in the bottom right of the video player)?
Amazing explanation 👌🏼 got it all !
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You're welcome. :)
Brilliant video
Very interesting since I missed the class about the Marxist critical theory.
Would you please tell me what did you to do this video and the writing on a black background. I'd like to know about this in order to be able to use it with my students
Thank you in advance
Hi there, I use a free program called SketchBook and a paid program called Camtasia (for recording my screen). Hope that helps!
@@thenatureofwriting9222 I really appreciate your help. I'm very grateful. This would be of great help to me in the future
Thank you so much!!! This is very helpful for my english literature GCSE
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Thank you for this brief explanation, so helpful of you sir
thanks for very helpful video.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. After some research I've seen some words that may link with your video:
economic determinism
historical materialism
Can you explain the role of reductionism as well especially in contrast to historicism
Thanks! Both those terms are useful, though I gather Marx himself did not necessarily use them. I'm not sure what to say about the last two terms. I suppose you could argue that Marxism is reductionist in its claim that the superstructure is primarily the result of economic conditions, and Engels did express some reservations about people going too far with that idea.
@@thenatureofwriting9222 true, Engels did say that the base and superstructure model could be misinterpreted as meaning that the base fully controls the super - which is obviously false and Marx did not use these terms but these terms are closely linked. However economic determinism for example has been criticised by some Marxist thinkers as a poor reading of Marxism. Thanks.
Thanks a million!
Thank you very much!!! I finally get it.
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watched a lot of videos to try and understand Marxist but onoy understood fully when watching this
Glad you found the video useful!
Seems to be a Hegelian influence on Marx's thought. And it seems as though Marx was relying a lot on confirmation bias to get history, his philosophy of history and Hegel's paradigm to all fit together. While I still think some of Marx's economic principles have a lot of merit, I tend to prefer the New England Transcendentalist's overall philosophy as contrasted with Hegel's philosophy. Those transcendentalists made an attempt at a form of communism called Brook Farm -- which I think goes to show there are many different potential forms and variants of the principle of communism and how those principles are applied to any attempt to realize a working communist system. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Farm.
You're right that Hegel had an influence on Marx, though Hegel put more emphasis on ideas influencing history rather than the other way around. Another concept that Marx borrowed from Hegel is the notion of "alienation." Thanks for the feedback!
Awesome
how do you do this videos? with what program?
Hi Raul, I use a combination of Camtasia and Sketchbook. Check the community tab of the channel for more details.
Thank you sir
You're welcome.
This was the best explantion of Marxist theory ever👌
Thanks so much!
Thank you
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Thank you!
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So in summary, literature is, according to Marx, the superstructure and the economic status of the authors is the base, which in turn influences their work and their views within it. Did i nail it or did I just fall flat ?
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What device is this?
Hi there, I use a combination of Camtasia and Sketchbook. For the full description, see the community tab on the channel. Thanks!
i didnt understand😭
thanks a lot
this helps me thank you again
Fantastic. Best wishes with your studies.
@@thenatureofwriting9222 thank you
What device are you using?
I use a combination of Sketchbook and Camtasia. For more details, go to the community tab for the channel and scroll down.
It's not one way! Marx opposed this metaphysical view, it's dialectical. Tho economic base is generally dominant.
Thanks for the feedback.
This video is sort of the journey from Classical Marxism to Neo-Marxism. Which is basically everybody after Marx focusing more on the cultural superstructure.
huh?
Is Marxism similar to Psychologic theory?
Do you mean psycho-analytic criticism (e.g., Freud)? In that case, no.
@@thenatureofwriting9222 thx
I had an exam and that was great…
@@educatedhadhramis you could link it to Freudo-Marxism but that is not exactly linked - especially to this video.
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Thx.. Obviously Marxism is linked to Feministm .. As I found
@@educatedhadhramis I’m not sure what you mean, although you are right in saying Marxism links to feminism (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_feminism), I was talking about en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freudo-Marxism
Thank you for explaining this in the best way possible.
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"somehow".. I hope I'm in the right place. Wanting to learn about Marx with an open mind, and somehow I feel this isn't it.
I guess you'll have to watch and decide. :)
Saving my procrastinating ass, TY!
thus i pray to thee, capitalist god.
That would be Mammon!
CHARAN!