SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: New Class, Cogito Ergo Sum, Proletariat

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Socy 122 - introduction to sociology - lecture 6: manifesto. The manifesto as a document - a document that captures the dynamic nature of modernity. Intersection of biography and the history of social structures 19th century britain. A political document that arose from debate, compromise and authorial skill. Presents a revolutionary dynamic that uses history to accentuate themes of freedom, mastery and progress. The material relations of sociology objective dynamic. Class struggle (class consciousness) subjective dynamic. Change is driven by internal contradictions and struggle. The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Asserts its historical struggle to power from oppression under feudal nobility to armed self- governing free cities in medieval europe, to independent republics or a taxed third estate. The rise of modernity endless change at an increasingly rapid pace, growing scale and broadening presence. Dramatic change in traditional social relationships replacing indefeasible, chartered freedoms of feudal order with the cash nexus.