ABSTRACT

　　Marx’s general theory of ideology stresses the necessary connectedness of social structure and social belief. But it also produces two more specific theses: that the ideas of the ruling class are the ruling ideas; and that different classes tend to produce different forms of class consciousness. This paper traces the history of these notions in communist Marxism and in Western Marxism.

　　KEYWORDS: Marxism; revolution; ideology; class consciousness; hegemony

　　From: International Critical Thought 2019 9 (2)

　　Editor: Wang Yi

　　https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21598282.2019.1613165?src=most-read-all-time