Not exact matches
The Law Commission even suggests this growing legion
of precarious workers is on the verge
of full - blown
class consciousness, preciously calling them the «precariat.»
In point
of fact one
of the greatest obstacles to revolution is the lack
of a
class consciousness on the part
of the exploited sectors
of a society.
(Other issues were also at stake, especially a shift in eschatology in which premillennialism tended to erode the commitment to social reform and probably various sorts
of social
class sortings out, but the themes sketched above better represent the fundamentalist self -
consciousness.)
Finally, the explosion to satellite communications in the eighties matched in the most recent years with fiberoptic switching systems and computer processing
of cash, words, images, and data — the internetting
of global
consciousness — has swept up most human endeavors from local names and habitations into the global context
of international trademarks, common credit cards, shared diets, world
class athletics, and intercontinental rock concert tours.
If the emergence
of a revolutionary
class consciousness is such a miracle among the oppressed
of society, the position
of the oppressors is even more difficult.
Even up till modern times
class and caste divisions have obscured the unity
of the human species, while animal lovers have frequently projected their own human
consciousness into animal experience.
We need only to look about us at the multitude
of disjointed forces neutralising each other and losing themselves in the confusion
of human society — the huge realities (broad currents
of love or hatred animating peoples and
classes) which represent the power
of awareness but have not yet found a
consciousness sufficiently vast to encompass them all.
He has challenged most
of the prominent modern theories
of religion, including Marxism (religion is a mask for
class consciousness), functionalism (religion serves as a moral restraint or social glue) and psychological reductionism (religion is a form
of infantile wish fulfillment).
During the 1970s and 80s, many thought that the theology
of liberation would strengthen the Catholic Church through the grassroot movement
of the CEBs, and that the CEBs, in turn, would raise the
consciousness of the popular
classes, bringing about serious social change.
Then the psychedelic path will lead over the bridge
of cybernation; and with Herbert Marcuse as guru emeritus, Norman O. Brown as classicist in residence, and William F. Buckley, Jr., as anti-utopian court jester, we will establish the new -
consciousness Camelot, telling the little ones tales
of old Greenwich Village, the Haight, Millbrook, the Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
of all the lotus - eating cadres
of the leisure
class....
Printing ushered in the Reformation and with it religious plurality and the differentiation
of consciousness reflecting competing and conflicting
classes and other interests (all struggling for the right to tell stories from their own points
of view) in the same society.
The only thing, as far as I am concerned, that keeps us permanent is our belief in the value
of goodness, and how we translate that into daily action, even across the boundaries
of race, gender,
class, and creed... That is real permanence precisely because it does not, as a form
of consciousness, submit to dogma that, with the way reality and history simply IS, or plays out, CAN NEVER give us all the answers...
Can white, middle -
class and affluent churches be a factor in facilitating the birth
of a new vision, a new
consciousness?
I can not but think that the most important step forward that has occurred in psychology since I have been a student
of that science is the discovery, first made in 1886, that, in certain subjects at least, there is not only the
consciousness of the ordinary field, with its usual centre and margin, but an addition thereto in the shape
of a set
of memories, thoughts, and feelings which are extra-marginal and outside
of the primary
consciousness altogether, but yet must be
classed as conscious facts
of some sort, able to reveal their presence by unmistakable signs.
If, abstracting altogether from the question
of their value for the future spiritual life
of the individual, we take them on their psychological side exclusively, so many peculiarities in them remind us
of what we find outside
of conversion that we are tempted to
class them along with other automatisms, and to suspect that what makes the difference between a sudden and a gradual convert is not necessarily the presence
of divine miracle in the care
of one and
of something less divine in that
of the other, but rather a simple psychological peculiarity, the fact, namely, that in the recipient
of the more instantaneous grace we have one
of those Subjects who are in possession
of a large region in which mental work can go on subliminally, and from which invasive experiences, abruptly upsetting the equilibrium
of the primary
consciousness, may come.
The concern
of the Philippines delegates was to emphasize the
class character
of theology in contrast to Pieris's emphasis on the religiocultural: «Every theology is conditioned by the
class position and
class consciousness of the theologian.
It is a commonplace among scholars
of the Women's movement that the 19th century struggle for women's rights in America had lost much
of its radical thrust by the end
of the century as the vote became the single overriding issue, and that supporters
of women's suffrage were not above an appeal to blatant racism and
class -
consciousness to advance their cause.
Furthermore, the churches» leaders, while not at the forefront
of the intellectual currents
of the day, had integrated into their thinking the major cultural changes
of the nineteenth century, such as the new historical
consciousness, the analysis
of society in terms
of classes, and biological evolution.
The objects
of his study range from a
class of molecules that have the basic self - duplicating property
of living things, through cells which suggest purely physical systems, through animals which give increasing evidence
of having minds, to human beings in whom streams
of consciousness seem to involve continual choices
of action, at the opposite pole from control by impersonal laws
of nature.
the statement (
of Marx) that history can be explained only by
class consciousness is a statement
of fact, as far as previous history is concerned, not an expression
of Marx's disregard
of the individual.26
The government was also concerned to prevent the growth
of class consciousness in villages which were being exploited by landlords, industry and government alike.
l) The main subdivisions
of the
class «societies
of occasions» consist
of the linear or «personally ordered» societies, the familiar example being a stream
of consciousness»
of a single person, and nonlinear societies, such as a tree considered as a colony
of cells.
For others the relevant affection or feeling state is more like a dimension
of all human
consciousness, and hence a dimension
of every particular experience, than it is some one
class of experiences among others.
This mode
of consciousness, according to Whitehead, is displayed primarily by the fortunate
classes, whose economic position allows them the freedom to reflect upon the inherited values, laws, and customs.
11 Whitehead appears to base his differentiation
of social
classes primarily on the different modes
of consciousness they represent and not on economic considerations such as forms
of labor (Hegel).
How long one shall continue to drink the
consciousness of evil, and when one shall begin to short - circuit and get rid
of it, are also matters
of amount and degree, so that in many instances it is quite arbitrary whether we
class the individual a once - born or a twice - born subject) Unquestionably, some men have the completer experience and the higher vocation, here just as in the social world; but for each man to stay in his own experience, whate'er it be, and for others to tolerate him there, is surely best.
You will then be convinced, I trust, that these states
of consciousness of «union» form a perfectly definite
class of experiences,
of which the soul may occasionally partake, and which certain persons may live by in a deeper sense than they live by anything else with which they have acquaintance.
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Class -
Consciousness Raiser,» June 10, 2007 «It may be that the only people with abiding faith in the power
of class divisions in America are the country's few remaining Marxists and Ruby Payne.&r
class divisions in America are the country's few remaining Marxists and Ruby Payne.»
class so that each participant is well versed in the
consciousness of birth and can align to the Matrona approach
of Returning Birth to the Family.
However, whatever the relative importance
of various intellectual influences, the party's initial electoral success was reliant on mass working -
class consciousness and solidarity amongst its core voting block.
John P. McCormick: I think that a lack
of the kind
of class consciousness that was characteristic
of the ancient Roman and medieval Florentine republics — in particular, the lack
of a thorough - going distrust and resentment
of the political influence
of economic elites within modern republics — is the single greatest barrier to a revival
of Machiavellian democratic republicanism today.
Studies
of environmental
consciousness tend to focus on urban middle
classes, giving the false impression that rural populations are either unaffected, do not know or do not care.
Virtue, here, became identical to a kind
of class consciousness.
Even Blair chose to avoid «Marxistant» societal analysis, so as to liberate the individual from the confines
of class consciousness and rigid, collectivist boundaries.
Only in a country with no sense
of class -
consciousness could anyone support this hectoring, punitive attack on the poor
Socialism: workers gain
class consciousness, and via proletarian revolution depose the capitalist dictatorship
of the bourgeoisie, replacing it in turn with dictatorship
of the proletariat through which the socialization
of the means
of production can be realized.
«This
class of compounds produces profound changes in human perception and
consciousness, and essentially it's been taken off the clinical research bench for 40 years — it's almost unthinkable,» he says.
Any self -
consciousness I felt at the beginning
of class quickly dissolved as I found myself sweating, engaging my core, and feeling ridiculously happy.
In her Vinyasa Flow
classes, students can expect to find the joy
of vigorous movement married to the
consciousness of precise instructions focusing on proper alignment.
Her
classes and private instruction promote strength, flexibility,
consciousness, and a sense
of inner calm.
Inner Harmony, Spirituality, and Spreading Awareness I promote, encourage, and teach these values in every
class, workshop and gathering to bring people into a higher state
of consciousness to effect positive change in our community and on all
of Mother Earth.
There is so much thought and
consciousness put into the way that she sequences, and she is truly present in every moment
of class, energetically holding a space for each
of us as we work through our own growth and movement.»
I know that a 90 minute yoga
class can give me a sense
of achievement which eclipses that niggling self -
consciousness.
Maybe even try yoga
classes (lots
of higher
consciousness professionals there it seems) or join a cooking
class sponsored by an organic health food store or organic co-op.
If making a claim for the «majorness»
of Let the Sunshine In, we might point to its philosophical pedigree, or its
class -
consciousness — Fabrice drips poison into Isabelle's ear to undermine her belief in a possible future with Blain's working -
class character, Sylvain, and, in perhaps the least sympathetic moment
of a character given many
of them, Isabelle carries this load
of venom home to pass along to her lover rather than suffering through its effects herself.
A Wrinkle in Time, the movie, loses some
of L'Engle's braininess — «tesseracting» time travel becomes less a
consciousness - expanding journey than a yoga
class in one scene — but in its place, there's a quiet radicalism, some
of it offscreen.
Soderbergh still knows how to pull off well - crafted heist scenes; get great work out
of his ensemble cast, though we'll single out Daniel Craig and Riley Keough; and his ability to embed
class -
consciousness in his entertainment without making it a college - course lecture is still there.
The rest
of the
class, however, is buried deep within pop culture's
consciousness, much like the sketches from which they spawned, only more so, without regularly - scheduled exposure in syndication and coverage in SNL's frequent trips down memory lane.
This is almost like a lost movie from my teenhood, a forgotten relic
of the late 70s, early 80s, when even summer comedies came with a touch
of social commentary and a bit
of class consciousness — when they ate the rich instead
of aspiring to be one
of them.
There's also a strong whiff
of class consciousness, if the message that greedy multinational corporations can't be trusted constitutes as much.