postmodernism - Marxism http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007/taxonomy/term/12/0 en creating 'happiness' through consumption http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007/node/9 <p>Let's speak, for a moment, about this issue of happiness. It was alluded to in a few earlier posts with regard to the desire for 'vegging out' at the movies, for contently complying with practices and ideologies of the current sociopolitical order, for breaking with this so-called 'system' whilst maintaining ones' sanity. In response, let me back up for a minute:</p> <p><a href="http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007/node/9">read more</a></p> http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007/node/9#comments Adorno and Horkeimer complicity consumption culture industry happiness Marxism Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:48:57 +0000 Anonymous 9 at http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007 Exploitation and Ideology http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007/node/7 <p>This is partly in response to Bumpkins' initial post, but it warrants an autonomous blog entry insofar as many thinkers we will be reading this semester deal in Marxian (or Marxian informed) terminology.</p> <p><a href="http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007/node/7">read more</a></p> http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007/node/7#comments Althusser Exploitation Ideology Marxism Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:29:25 +0000 3NT 7 at http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007