Commonism and ideology in Ali Smith's "Common" https://phaidrani.ni.ac.rs/o:2250 doi:10.46630/jkal.2022.16 cobiss:110110985 ISBN: 978-86-7379-590-4 2022 Ljubinković, Dušica eng OSNO - Opšta sistematizacija naučnih oblasti, Engleska književnost OSNO - Opšta sistematizacija naučnih oblasti, Engleska književnost alternatives, Ali Smith, common, commonist, ideology, ideological state apparatuses Filozofski fakultet u Nišu info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Jezik, književnost, alternative / Language, Literature, Alternatives : književna istraživanja : zbornik radova, Filozofski fakultet u Nišu, 2022, str. 245-254 This paper deals with alternative modes of human existence as presented in Ali Smith’s short story “Common” (2009). Commonism, according to Nico Dockx and Pascal Gielen is a new radical ideology that is based on the values of sharing, common intellectual ownership and new social co-operations. The notion of the alternative will be examined through the analysis of the characters’ in/capability to diverge from dominant ideologies as well as the analysis of the degree of alienation and liberation from both outside authority and one’s “disunited existence” (Fromm 1956) which prevents one from accepting the alternative commonist ideology. The main goal is to examine how oppressive ideologies affect both adults and children presented in the story and to determine what enables them to seek alternative ways of dealing with existence and morality. This paper addresses how family and interpersonal relationships contribute to the development of one’s method of dealing with the issue of human existence. Furthermore, the theoretical framework of the paper is based on Erich Fromm’s and Eduardo Galeano’s thoughts and writings on the state of human existence in the modern world, as well as Althusser’s thoughts on ideology and its influences. str. 245-254 application/pdfstr. 245-254 367234 bytes