SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Culture Industry, Dishwashing Liquid, Mass Production
5 Dec 2013
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The frankfurt school and the early neo-marxism (nov. 11) Marx"s theoretical ideas so that they better explain recent developments in capitalist society: approaches within early neo-marxian (nm) theory, nm theory began when marx died. Covers the period from the 1890"s to the 1940"s. There were at least 3 theoretical approaches developed in that time period: 1) economic determinism. Was one of the 3 theoretical ideas developed in that 50 year period. From about 1889 1914 is when economic determinism came about. The early neo-marxists who really were influenced by ed saw the breakdown of capitalism as something that is inevitable. The idea was that there were processes built into the economic structure of capitalism would eventually lead to the end of capitalism. Saw that it would self destruct because of problems inherent to the capitalist society: b) its problematic interpretation of marx, why marx was not an economic determinist. Much more interested in the economic aspects of society.
