Andrew Milner

ABSTRACT

Marx’s general theory of ideology stresses the necessary connectedness of social structure and social belief. But it also produces two more specific theses: that the ideas of the ruling class are the ruling ideas; and that different classes tend to produce different forms of class consciousness. This paper traces the history of these notions in communist Marxism and in Western Marxism.

KEYWORDS

Marxism, revolution, ideology, class consciousness, hegemony

From: International Critical Thought 2019 9 (2)

Editor: Wang Yi