SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Class Consciousness, Industrial Revolution, Dominant Ideology

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1Z03
• Professor: Lina Samuel

Document Summary

Conflict theory: society is grounded upon inequality and competition. Secular education and raised in a secular environment. Jewish background led him to prejudice and discrimination. Father and neighbour had a profound influence. Shift to industrialization gave birth to capitalism. Industrialization came at an environmental and human cost and their connection to their work/labour. Provided a model in social change and providing social change. Believd private ownership led to alientation of the worker. Spoke to capitalis as explotative but believed it was an important stage in his linear revolution of society. Karl marx : 1818-1883: key concepts, class, bourgeoisie, proletariat, forces and relations of production, historical materialism, capital, alienation, exploitation, class consciousness Reference a number of key classical works in the lecture: the german ideology (1845-46, economic and philosophic manuscripts of 1844. Alienated labour (will extend in lecture 20: the communist manifesto (1848) Marx"s work was a reaction to the economic and social conditions brought on by the industrial revolution.