Marx practically invented the academic critique. In a letter to Arnold Ruge he described his philosophy as a
“Ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be”
While Marx wasn't actually referring to how his ideas could be applied to literature, this quote still demonstrates how Marx’s ideas of class struggle and power structures are designed to be applied in a critical manner, to be used to greater understand the underlying motives and concepts of the world in a way that might not be obvious to someone using a different lens of analysis.
By using such a Marxist lens of analysis not only do you inherently access the dialectical aspect of Psychoanalysis but the anti-patriarchal bent of feminism, and the anti-imperialist side of race-focused analysis. A Marxist understanding of power dynamics is of and in itself intersectionalist. That is why I have chosen this lens, I want to get the most out of this experience and truly explore the literature from a different angle than I normally would.
intersectional isn't a word.
ReplyDeleteIntersectional: of or related to the the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
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