CRIM 104 Lecture : week 10, november 20, crim 104, + movie.docx
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Cohen, book, subcultural theory, illegitimate opportutnity structures, delinquent boys and gangs same time period during the movie walter reckless containment theory. Uncontrolled youth, inner containment, frustration (outer - parents) external pull delinquent friends. Still most widely cited political philosopher in social sciences as recently as the 1980"s. Wrote das capital and the communist manisfesto. Influential in worker"s movements and ideas re: socialism and communism. 1843 started writing, jeweish question, then critique of hegel"s philosophy, criticized gov"t"s favorite philosopher, church too. Simmel, bonger, vold, turk, chambliss, quinney, platt, taylor, walton, young. For marx, it was the time of the industrial revolution. Expropriation and/or dispossession through eviction and enclosure. Steam engines, cotton jenny, rolling mills, blast furnaces replacing skilled labour. All resulted in impoverished working class surplus labour pool. Marx couldn"t get university position because of his criticism of hegel. Expelled from france at the urging of the prussian government. Spent most of his life destitute supported by engels.