SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - The Proletariat, Proletariat, Bourgeoisie
10 Nov 2013
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Marx"s analysis of change in society: a dialectical perspective. Necessary to overthrow the capitalist system & move on to something new. Contradictions and conflicts that exist between opposites. Every social formation carries within itself the germ of its own destruction. Within every social formation, there will be a force or group in opposition to its ruling regime. Opposition change in society: the transformation from feudalism to capitalism. Factors behind the transformation: changes in production. Increasing use of wage labourers rather than serfs to work the land: feudal lords were increasingly unable to compete with the large-scale farms. Became wage labourers working for the owners of factories. Conflict between the emerging capitalist class & the feudal lords. Pushed the feudal lords out of power. Moved to the capitalist mode of production. The bourgeoisie dominant class under the capitalist mode of production. Major conflict with the proletariat: factors contributing to the end of capitalism.
