SOCI 365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Deskilling, Harry Braverman, Dialectic
12 Oct 2017
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Marx had a number of influences, including hegel, the creator of the hegelian dialectic. The hegelian dialectic proposes that there is a thesis, an opposing antithesis, and synthesis occurs when these two forces come together and compromise. Theory gives explanation but also opportunity to predict what will happen when similar events occur again. Hegel posits that we constantly move forward and towards perfection. Hegel believed in laws, as opposed to arbitrary rule. Marx believed that we have to leave the theory and deal with reality. While hegel proposed ideologies for achieving perfection, marx encouraged action. There are three components to the capitalist society. Anything that is produced for exchange and is not for the use of the producer. The amount of human labor that goes into the production of a commodity. Marx believes that the amount of time spent on a commodity measures the social relationship of producers.
