Blog – Page 103 – Culture Matters

‘The murderous, meaningless caprices of fashion’: Marx on capital, clothing and fashion

4 May 2018 / 864

Esther Leslie traces Marx’s analysis of clothing and fashion under capitalism. There are rhythms in capitalism, which those critics more or less proximate to the Marxist tradition... Continue reading

Esther Leslie

TV, internet and other media

The media, manipulation, and democratic cultural policies

4 May 2018 / 328

Martin Cloake discusses issues around media manipulation and self-censorship, ownership, and the questions for a progressive cultural policy on the media to address. On the morning after... Continue reading

Martin Cloake

Cultural Commentary

A brief and breathtakingly brilliant life: Christopher Caudwell, activist and intellectual

2 May 2018 / 348

Helena Sheehan reviews the life and work of Christopher Caudwell. Christopher Caudwell Culture as Politics: Selected Writings of Christopher Caudwell Edited by David Margolies, Pluto, London, 2018.... Continue reading

Helena Sheehan

Religion

Marxism, Buddhism and socialism

28 April 2018 / 480

Richard King teases out the links between Marxism, Buddhism and socialism. The Dalai Lama and Marxism Dhammic Socialism according to Buddhist principles holds that Nature created beings... Continue reading

Richard King

Cultural Commentary

‘Dreams to live on’: The Acting Class and working-class diversity in the arts

25 April 2018 / 379

Jack Newsinger reviews the documentary film The Acting Class, by Deirdre O’Neill and Mike Wayne, which gives voice to the struggles of actors of working-class origin as... Continue reading

Jack Newsinger

‘Structures don’t take to the streets!’ May ’68: a structuralist riposte

25 April 2018 / 392

May ’68: a structuralist riposte by Chris Norris A cloud no bigger than a man’s hand crosses the English Channel from Paris, and then, in an instant,... Continue reading

Chris Norris

Films

Marx and the cinema: labour on screen

23 April 2018 / 357

Dennis Broe traces the history of the representation of labour on screen, and finds inspiration for celebrating May Day and continuing Marx’s struggle against capitalism. This is... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

Eating & Drinking

Marx, Engels and beer

21 April 2018 / 330

Keith Flett considers the various references to the role beer played in the lives of Marx and Engels. There have been many and varied attempts over the... Continue reading

Keith Flett

TV, internet and other media

A people’s algorithm? Facebook and the rise of surveillance capitalism

17 April 2018 / 421

Tom Walker discusses how corporate profiteers are capturing a vital social resource – information about ourselves. How can we de-commodify our everyday lives and even our resistance?... Continue reading

Tom Walker

Cultural Commentary

Marx and culture

15 April 2018 / 384

Professor John Storey outlines Marx and Engels’ theoretical contributions to cultural theory. Although Karl Marx did not have a fully developed theory of culture, it is possible... Continue reading

John Storey

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