Abstract Ideology plays a central role in consumer decisions, actions, and practices. While there have been numerous studies of ideological formations specific consumption contexts, an integrative theoretical framework on ideology has missing. The presented this article integrates systemic, social group, reality perspectives from theory with prior research to conceptualize as ideas ideals that ...

In this paper I argue that Foucaultian genealogy offers a critical approach to practices of remembering and forgetting which is crucial for resisting oppression and dominant ideologies. For this argument I focus on the concepts of counter-history and counter-memory that Foucault developed in the 1970’s. In the first section I analyze how the Foucaultian approach puts practices of remembering an...

For many of today’s social theorists and cultural critics, questions of identity are a central concern. In this paper I examine one highly influential strand of theorising about identity, associated primarily with the discipline of Cultural Studies. Here, whilst identity is certainly a key focus, it is also one which some have begun to question. Marjorie Ferguson and Peter Golding, for instance...

of Chapter 3 [Idealist mistakes & Materialist corrections] Idealist misconceptions On Hierachy On Religion Consciousness throughout history An idealist conception of Humans On Language & Idealism Individuality according to Materialism Individualism created Individualism in a class perspective Relation of individual to class interests The role of will in the desires of an individual Individualit...

Democratic Dialogue in Education: Troubling Speech, Disturbing Silence edited by Megan Boler is a philosophical inquiry into the merits of fostering democratic dialogue in the college classroom through the selective silencing and voicing of student participants. The contributors offer creative and sometimes conflicting perspectives on the use of dialogue in the classroom; however, all are criti...

This paper presents the result of a comprehensive analysis of the main forms of development measurement. Recognizing the level of complexity that the subject involves, aspects related to interpretations and dominant ideologies in development/growth concepts are shown initially. The second part of this work constitutes a critical analysis of forty-three of the most well-known national and intern...

Land in rural China has been under a separate and closed management system for decades even after the urban land reform that started in the late 1980s. The blurred property rights over rural land have been hindering the rural welfare as surplus rural land in sub-urban areas cannot be circulated into more economic use without first being requisitioned by the state. This traditional conversion pr...

Using a critical discourse analytic model of translation criticism, the present study attempts to explore the effect of ideology and idiosyncrasy on the lexical choices in translation studies. The study employed a descriptive approach to answer two research questions: Is there any relationship between ideology and idiosyncratic features of translators' lexical choices? And if yes, can it be ana...