SOCY 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Permanent Revolution, For Marx, Class Consciousness

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 226
• Professor: Ryan Martin

Document Summary

The late nineteenth century was a period of rapid technological and cultural change, producing several responses among intellectuals: Many believed that the west was in decline" in social and moral terms. Victorian ideas of progress" were being replaced with those of. At the start of the twentieth century, the present seemed to have little relationship with the past (tradition) New artistic and intellectual movements opposed the social order of the new century. World war 1 was instrumental in shaping the character of these responses. The war was thought to foster an awakening", purification" and liberation" for the younger generation, presented in terms of adventure, escape, excitement and romance. The causes of disillusionment were thought to be a) failure of patriotism and nationalism, b) the violence of human nature (freud), c) the incompetence and greed for power of the ruling classes.