SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Antonio Gramsci
12 Apr 2015
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Reactions to social class nancy davis: three basic emotional reactions when presented with information, resistance, paralysis, rage, could be due to distribution of wealth, existence of poverty in canada, canada has no official poverty line. Conflict theory karl marx: two groups in society, haves and have nots , social relationships + mean of production = individual"s position in society, proletariat v. bourgeoisie in capitalist societies, proletariat is exploited, and experiences alienation, alienation = separation of things that naturally go together, law of accumulation suggests that bourgeoisie will obtain all wealth and proletariat will have no purchasing power, system will collapse. Conflict theory erik ohlin wright: more than two classes in modern capitalist society, control means of production, purchase labour of others, control the labour of others, sale of one"s labour, petit bourgeoisie" small business owners, etc, lumpenproletariat ultra lower class.
