SOCIOL 2S06 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ralf Dahrendorf, 1974 Fifa World Cup, Social Conflict
25 Sep 2015
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Ralph dahrendorf: critiqued the focus of sf on social order and the lack of attention to social conflict: wright mills: critiqued the abstract nature of sf & lack of attention to the issue of power in society. Dahrendorf and mills paved the way for the acceptance of neo-marxism. Problems with sf theory difficulty dealing with the social conflict that was emerging in the. These conflicts were related to the social movements. Social context at that point: the breakup of the soviet union (reverting from communism to capitalism) Debate was between right-wing and left-wing academics. Right wing: neo-marxian theory must be abandoned. The end of the soviet union = the marxian project is now dead. It did not work; it is now just theory without practice. Left wing: neo-marxian theory is still relevant b/c capitalism still exists. Born in germany in 1929 in teens during ww2. 1947: started undergrad at the u of hamburg (sociology)
