Essays about: "Louis Althusser"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Louis Althusser.

1. 1. Women and Marriage: A Marxist reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Irmelie Sundfors; [2022]
   Keywords : Jane Austen; Pride and Prejudice; Marriage; Social Class; Marxism; Neo- Marxism; Louis Althusser; Ideological State Apparatus;

   Abstract : Marriage is arguably one of the most important events and choices to be made in one’s life, especially for many of the female characters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Whether characters are searching for a husband for themselves or is searching for someone else, marriage is the source of many conflicts. READ MORE

3. 2. Hey, You Monster : Ideological Representation and Resisting Interpellation in Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Jenny Fridh; [2021]
   Keywords : Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; Interpellation; Louis Althusser; Ideology;

   Abstract : This essay discusses the representation of Victorian ideologies and interpellation in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. READ MORE

4. 3. Age of Arrakis: State Apparatuses and Foucauldian Biopolitics in Frank Herbert's Dune

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Pontus Viberg; [2019]
   Keywords : power; ideology; biopower; religion; science fiction; Herbert Dune; America; colonialism; state apparatus;

   Abstract : Frank Herbert’s Dune is generally recognized as the best-selling science fiction novel of all time. While it is commonly referred to as a novel of environmental characteristics, this essay investigates the depiction of society and how the power dynamics in this far future setting are presented. READ MORE

5. 4. Terrorism, Orientation and Substantial Directions : Islamic Terrorism in the Syrian Context

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om migration, etnicitet och samhälle

   Author : Hammam Skaik; [2018]
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   Abstract : Terrorism and its causes have been widely discussed in academic literature, and especially the issue of Islamic terrorism has gained broad popular, academic and political interest. However, theories of terrorism do not seem to engage with the orientated aspect of terrorism and how terrorism can be ideologically orientated. READ MORE

6. 5. Breaking Down the Reflex-Machine in Three Works by Philip K. Dick

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Sara Gaarn-Larsen; [2018]
   Keywords : Philip K. Dick; Postmodernism; reflex-machine; androidization; science fiction; The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch; A Maze of Death; A Scanner Darkly;

   Abstract : This thesis expands upon Philip K. Dick’s philosophy surrounding ‘androidization’, a process of degradation leading to the devolution of individuals into what he termed as ‘reflex-machines’. READ MORE