SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Conflict Theories, Antonio Gramsci, Industrial Revolution

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC101
• Professor: Kieran Bonner

Document Summary

Theory of society: a perspective that explains the big picture of society and shows sociologists what they should be examining-> theories are relatively self-sufficient. The concepts used to identify society are specific to the theory. Political economy perspective: the key focus, in terms of society, is the economy (not culture, family and socialisation, etc. ). Lived his adult like in england, and the rapid industrialization influenced his view. Economy is the most significant part of society. The economy explains other institutions: politics- facilitate capitalist growth, manage labor relations (labor laws, etc. , law- manage property relations, education, family, etc. all exist to support economy is different ways. Human beings must produce in order to live (basic needs such as food, etc. : (cid:862)life i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)es, (cid:271)efore e(cid:448)er(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g else, eati(cid:374)g, dri(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g, a ha(cid:271)itatio(cid:374), (cid:272)lothi(cid:374)g, a(cid:374)d (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) other thi(cid:374)gs(cid:863) karl marx. Industrial revolution- increase in technology/machinery allowed humans to produce much more, significantly higher surplus, we were significantly less dependent on nature/chance.