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June 2002, Volume 1, Number 2, Pages 139-156
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| The Truth about False Consciousness |
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| Jason Myers |
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Department of Politics, California State University, Stanislaus, 801 West Monte Vista Avenue, Turlock, CA 95382, USA. E-mail: jcmyers@csustan.edu
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| As late as the mid-1970s the term 'false consciousness' was still applied by critical social theorists to instances of ideological delusion. Yet, in the wake of the postmodernist revolution and its neo-Nietzschean declaration of all truths to be merely truth-effects, a concept of false consciousness appeared impossible to sustain. Drawing on an incident in the history of South African politics, this article reconsiders the ways in which a concept of false consciousness, built upon a representational model of truth and falsity, might assist us in explaining the dynamics of ideological contestation. Contemporary Political Theory (2002) 1, 139-156. doi:10.1057/palgrave.cpt.9300035 |
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| ideology; false consciousness; Marxism; truth; nationalism |
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