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Althusser’s “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes Towards an Investigation)” is a part of a larger essay “On the Reproduction of Capitalism” which was included in “Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays”, published in 1970. It is one of the most important essays on Marxism. In the very beginning
The 14th-century English literature is popularly known as the Age of Chaucer. This is because Geoffrey Chaucer was the greatest and most resourceful poet of his time, so much so that he was regarded as the founder of English verse by John Dryden (1631-1700). Popularly known as the founder of
The socio-political state of 14th-century England deeply impacted the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and his contemporaries. Thus, a historical and social background is indispensable to fully understand the Age of Chaucer. Fourteen-century English literature and society were impacted by three major historical events - The Hundred Years' War, the
There are few theorists and philosophers in the world who are as monumental, controversial, and complex as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831). He was a thinker who attempted to embrace all varied philosophies and perceived history as a process toward complete freedom. Hegel’s dialectical method is among his most
Marxist thought primarily critiques capitalism. It was founded by the renowned German philosopher, theorist and revolutionist Karl Hein Marx (1818-1883) and Fredrich Engels. Besides being a globally adapted and practised social and political theory, Marxism has influenced prominent modern literary theories like historicism, feminism, deconstruction, postcolonialism and cultural studies. This
