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Chapter II

Review of Related Literature

To have a wider and better understanding of Karl Marx’s theory of

ideology, the following related literatures are of great help. With this concept

used, one may find the relevance of these things in this research. The following

related literatures somehow strengthen and support the understanding and

interpretation of the researcher in explaining Karl Marx’s theory of ideology.

The German Ideology of Marx and Engels (1932), emphasized the

production of ideas as directly coupled with material activity. The material

intercourse of men is stated to be the language of real existence. Conceiving,

thinking and the mental intercourse of men exist at this level as the direct outflow

of their material behavior. Intellectual manufacturing is expressed within the

language of politics, laws, morality, religion, metaphysics, and so forth, of the

people. For Marx and Engels, consciousness can never be anything else than

consciousness existence. For them, the existence of men is their real existence-

system.

In Ideology: Theory and Politics (Lee, 2013), the author asserted that

within the orthodox paradigm, ideology is the dominant concept of the ruling

class and the constitution of which is determined by the monetary base. It

regarded that ideology as a social practice of signification and articulation. So,

the formation of ideology

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