I may thank you once more for had sent me copies of Elvira Lima's=20
articles on Vygotsky.
They were very helpfull to my dissertation.
I do not find yet nothing of Florestan Fernandez in english or=20
spanish available here, in Brazil.
There is a journal of University of S=E3o Paulo dedicated to him -=20
but written in Portuguese.
Peter Farruggio wrote:
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> In marxist terms false consciousness means accepting one or another
> version of the bourgeois myths about the social contract (capitalist
> society is "just" or "rewards merit" or "is the best way" etc)
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> >>especially since entering the middleclass domain
> > >of higher education. Is that subjectivity merely a false consciousn=
ess
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> YES
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> There have been many working class intellectuals throughout modern
> history (the age of capitalism), but not in academia. Working class
> consciousness is grounded in an understanding of the class struggle
> (the built in inequity of capitalism as a system), it's the essence
> of Marx & Engel's development of historical materialism. But it's
> easiest to see in political writings of real marxists, like Marx,
> Lenin, Trotsky, when they grapple with real issues. You won't find
> it very accessible in the more philosophical writings. Read some of
> their histories or polemics, but try to get annotated versions so you
> can follow the issues of the times.
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> hope that helps
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> Pete Farruggio
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> >Nate, can you unpack for the illiterate/ignorant what makes consciousn=
ess
> >false (as if there were a 'true' state of consciousness)? I understand=
the
> >struggle over appropriating/not appropriating bourgeois tools; I can g=
et
> >worried about losing a desire to work against the institutional grain.=
But I
> >can't get worried about losing consciousness, since I can't imagine ei=
ther
> >not being conscious or not being blinded by rationality. I think that =
has
> >hindered my take-up of Marxism generally.
> >
> > >Class tend to be defined as something lacking content or in the nega=
tive
> > >rather than the positive. This is difficult for me because its a bi=
g
> > >aspect of my subjectivity especially since entering the middleclass =
domain
> > >of higher education. Is that subjectivity merely a false consciousn=
ess or
> > >is their content there. There seems to be important bourgeois tools
> > >involved that I don't want to or have my children denied of, yet I a=
lso
> > >don't want to lose my consciousness in the process. If its simply fa=
lse the
> > >solution lies in appropriating a bourgeois conscious, but if there i=
s
> > >content it becomes a little more difficult. I see Walkerdine pointi=
ng
> > >toward the latter.
> > >
> >
> >
> >Judith Diamondstone (732) 932-7496 Ext. 352
> >Graduate School of Education
> >Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
> >10 Seminary Place
> >New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1183