Full Idea
False consciousness involves failing to see things as they really are. It comes about because a society's superstructure can conceal the real basis of the society.
Gist of Idea
False consciousness results from concealment by the superstructure
Source
report of Karl Marx (works [1860]) by Peter Singer - Marx 9
Book Reference
Singer,Peter: 'Marx' [OUP 1996], p.63
A Reaction
That seems a poor label, probably revealing a Hegelian background. It seems a matter of knowledge rather than consciousness. Can a whole mind be in a state of error?