What is false consciousness ?
Correct answer: D. An ideology that involves dominating the consciousness of exploited classes
- A. A term for the false neuroses expressed in dreams
- B. A feminist term for the state that occurs when texts written by women are not considered in the study of literature
- C. Another term for the unconscious
- D. An ideology that involves dominating the consciousness of exploited classes
Explanation
In Marxist theory, false consciousness occurs when exploited people accept ideas that conceal or justify their exploitation, usually the ruling class’s ideology. Option d points to this ideological domination, while the other choices confuse it with dreams, the unconscious or a feminist critical issue.
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