Social being determines consciousness, not the reverse

Evidence

This is an echo of Marx’s statement (Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy ) that it is not consciousness which determines being but man’s social being which determines his consciousness. This conception is very important to Gramsci and constantly recurs in his prison writings, as do other ideas from the same Preface. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2495

Categorization

• XREF: The base/superstructure axiom underwriting ideology and common-sense analysis later in the Islamophobia toolkit. — connects to: Decolonization must transform inner consciousness as much as social structures — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 352; Self-consciousness depends on being recognized by another consciousness; Conscious experience in humans depends on brain activity, so neuroscience will contribute to explaining consciousness. — The Neuroscience of Consciousness (+8 more)
• DEFINE: Clarifies the Marxist premise that grounds Gramsci’s conception of ideology.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2495

Broader Connections

• Self-consciousness depends on being recognized by another consciousness #expands (0.80)
• Thought is primarily public and social, not private #expands (0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 200