As quoted by Terry Eagleton in "Marxism and Literary Criticism:" "superstructure" are certain forms of law and politics, a certain kind of state, whose essential function is to legitimate the power of the social class which owns the means of economic production, it also consists of certain "definite forms of social consciousness" which is what Marxism designates as ideology. ... It is a form of the domination that is set for men over women. ... Terry Eagleton writes of the reflection of the experience, "art does more than just passively reflect that experience. ...

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There he met other intellectuals of radical communist thought who helped form the Chinese Communist Party. ... The way he rules by his maxims later forms a Maoist thought unique to Chinese communism. ... His writing of poetry while denouncing that art is for arts sake. ... There he met other intellectuals of radical communist thought who helped form the Chinese Communist Party. ... The way he rules by his maxims later forms a Maoist thought unique to Chinese communism. ...

• Word Count: 1967
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• Grade Level: High School

Although trade unions were formed to fight for better working conditions and fair wages, they represented a very small portion of an ever growing working class. ... Karl's parents were steeped in free French ideas of politics , religion, life and art. ... Engels initially wrote a draft in a question and answer form, he wrote to Marx insisting that they drop this form and create a Manifesto. ...

• Word Count: 1492
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Alfred Prufrock" (1915) gained reputation for the exploration of new poetic rhythms, forms, and themes and captured enormous attention. His experimentation within language and forms brought a rapid change in literary tastes. ... Its aim is to explain the literary work more fully; and this means a sensitive attention to its forms, styles and meanings. But it also means grasping those forms, styles and meanings as the product of a particular history." ... Mimicking the Modernist movement in art, Modernism became stylistically very different from the other theories. ...

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Stalin subjected society and culture to strict party surveillance and control, issuing pro-socialist, xenophobic propaganda, censoring literature, art, and media, and launching anti-religious campaigns . ... Lenin's Bolshevik ("Majority" in Russian) party was formed in 1903 with the objective of a stagiest societal evolution of Europe and Russia in the gradual progression from feudalism, to capitalism, to socialism, and to eventual communism. ... "The peasant loathed the exploitation which kept him and his family permanently at starvation level, and regarded "the whole proceeding as a ...

• Word Count: 1534
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

He maintains control of his subjects by ramifying its ideology throughout a variety of political and social institutions, including religion, education and art. ... "Comrade Napoleon" seems to be a duplication of the "Beasts of England" both in form and influence. ... Indeed, this extract illustrates a shift in Comrade Napoleon's authoritarian strategy from imposing his power through physical force and direct interaction with the animals to instilling it in their minds as status quo through unconventional forms of repression while remaining invisible. ...

• Word Count: 1473
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• Grade Level: Graduate

Stalin subjected society and culture to strict party surveillance and control, issuing pro-socialist, xenophobic propaganda, censoring literature, art, and media, and launching anti-religious campaigns . ... Lenin's Bolshevik ("Majority" in Russian) party was formed in 1903 with the objective of a stagiest societal evolution of Europe and Russia in the gradual progression from feudalism, to capitalism, to socialism, and to eventual communism. ... "The peasant loathed the exploitation which kept him and his family permanently at starvation level, and regarded "the whole proceeding as a ...

• Word Count: 1533
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

We cannot have intellectual elite without an economy which allows some people to work while others think or create art and culture. ... They were so engaged with outward forms of faith that the inner spirit was missed. ...

• Word Count: 1488
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ho's management of this cause showed clearly that revolution was both a science and an art. ... If this is true, then the question is evidently best debated with reference to time frame, rather than in abstract form. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The [art once assumed must be acted out, no matter at what expense of truth and feeling" (Ewen 190). ... Bickford goes on to criticize the new norm, the understanding that mass-produced articles are an effective way to form a child's identity through a "quality learning experience" (Bickford 2). ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As one of the most influential political manuscripts, this book presents an analytical approach to the class struggles both during the past and present times resulting from capitalism, rather than a prediction of communism's potential future forms. ...

• Word Count: 2041
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel "Hard Times" written by Charles Dickens is a reflection of the changing ideas established during his time. Dickens" characters essentially are personifications of changing ideas in psychology and political thought. Each one of his characters represents a different principle and its relati...

• Word Count: 2006
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• Grade Level: High School