SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Dialectical Materialism, Dialectic
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The development of german sociology: the ideas of georg hegel, emphasizes 2 key concepts. The dialectic: way of thinking about the world and the view of the world that stresses the importance of conflict and contradictions, two sides that clashes something new emerges. Emphasizes importance of the mind and mental products (ideas: the ideas of ludwig feuerbach, disagree idealism (hegel), important on focusing on materialism (material conditions of human existence) Accepting with hegel"s focus on the dialectic, didn"t agree of how to approach (ideas) Reaction to feuerbach: agree to materialism, disagree with his approach (wasn"t looking in a dialectical way) Importance: focuses on dialectical relationships within the material world. Meaning: stem with real material conditions existence of capitalism. Introduction to the work of max weber identified marx was one of the influences on his work. 2 points of view presented by sociologist: some scholars argue that weber reacted negatively to marx, suggested weber engaged in.
