[yaseera001]

Political consciousness and actions may be informed by a range of different influences. With reference write an essay on how religon, modern forms of making a living and or traditions can have important influences on political consciousness and actions.

[Wondergirl]

That sounds like an interesting homework assignment! Do you have a question?

[yaseera001]

Yeah, having difficulty understandn the meaning of consciousness in anthropology, any idea?

[Wondergirl]

It's not just "consciousness"; it's political consciousness, self-awareness, awareness of oneself in the culture or awareness of one's place in history. Marx and Hegel had definite ideas on this.

[yaseera001]

I need real help that's why me turned to this source, is their anyway u can help me write this essay? Il be eternally grateful- pretty please?

[Wondergirl]

i need real help thats why me turned to this source, is their anyway u can help me write this essay? il be eternally grateful- pretty please??

Help you write it, or write it for you?

Have you been attending class and taking notes and reading your textbook assignments?

[Wondergirl]

1) When is it due?
2) How long does it have to be?
3) Are there to be footnotes?
4) Is there supposed to be a bibliography?
5) When did you get the assignment?

[yaseera001]

I don't expect you to write it for me neither do I expect you to help however if you are kind enough I would appreciate it, I have been attending everything lectures and tutorials, however I am writing my exam that's why I am frizzeled at the moment and need help,, eeh no referencing I can do and its due for the 1st June got it on Wednesday last week unfortunately. It must not be more than 4typed pages so approx 1500 words yeah? Lol south africa is very rushed>",< so this is pretty normal circumstances lol-

[Wondergirl]

I'd have a lot more respect for you and be more willing to help you if you write out your posts in English instead of in texting.

Do you know anything about Hegel or Marx and their ideas on political sconsciousness?

[yaseera001]

Hegal and marx were not fully discussed rather just about our south african political readers - however I am online researching marx and hegal since you mentioned them - done marx in english @ a school level , he was all about coolonialism right?

[Wondergirl]

write an essay on how religon, modern forms of making a living and or [and/or???] traditions can have important influences on political consciousness and actions.

Do you have to use all three (religion, modern forms of making a living, AND traditions), or can you concentrate on just one? Since you need a max of 1500 words, seems like concentrating on just one of them makes the most sense.

[Wondergirl]

Marx --

For Marx, an authentic (political) consciousness was linked to understanding one's true position in History.

From Wikipedia --

In Marx's view, consciousness was always political, for it was always the outcome of politic-economic circumstances. What one thinks of life, power, and self, for Marx, is always a product of ideological forces.

For Marx, ideologies appear to explain and justify the current distribution of wealth and power in a society. In societies with unequal allocations of wealth and power, ideologies present these inequalities as acceptable, virtuous, inevitable, and so forth. Ideologies thus tend to lead people to accept the status quo. The subordinate people come to believe in their subordination: the peasants to accept the rule of the aristocracy, the factory workers to accept the rule of the owners, consumers the rule of corporations. This belief in one's own subordination, which comes about through ideology, is, for Marx, false consciousness.

That is, conditions of inequality create ideologies which confuse people about their true aspirations, loyalties, and purposes. Thus, for example, the working class has often been, for Marx, beguiled by nationalism, organized religion, and other distractions. These ideological devices help to keep people from realizing that it is they who produce wealth, they who deserve the fruits of the land, all who can prosper: instead of literally thinking for themselves, they think the thoughts given to them by the ruling class.

[Wondergirl]

Re South Africa's political consciousness --

Many social movements have loosely followed Marx's thinking on consciousness. Attaining consciousness, many believe, means finding one's true historical path, as opposed to the propaganda dispensed by the ruling elites. Thus, the feminist movement spoke of consciousness raising and many South African activists have subscribe to a Black Consciousness Movement, which calls upon Blacks to pursue their "true" political trajectory (as opposed to the ideas set out by, for example, the apartheid regime). In the latter example, for many South African Blacks, consciousness meant rejecting racist ideas about Blacks, rejecting White rule of the nation, and restoring Black identity, history, and power.

[yaseera001]

I have to write on all in such a limited space...

[Wondergirl]

i have to write on all in such a limited space....

Are you sure? The assignment specifically says "and or" ("and/or").

[Wondergirl]

Do you want to use S.A. and Marx? Or go somewhere else?

[Wondergirl]

If you use all three, then your essay outline would look like this --

Introduction and Thesis Statement
Definition of Terms
Infuences
A. Religion
B. Modern forms of making a living
C. Traditions
Conclusion