SOC285 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Critical Theory, Class Conflict, Occupy Movement
6 Oct 2018
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Marx started out as a student of philosophy in germany. Because he was never an ivory tower academic or a university professor. He was a writer and a political activist. Marx became involved in the working-class movement of the 21st century he wanted things to change, he thought capitalist society was unfair. Marx wrote the philosophers have sought only to understand the world, but the real point is to change it. The other thing that changed his philosophy thoughts. The most believed approach was called idealism, marx was taught this. Idealism argues that ideas are the driving force of history. Idealists argue that first we have to think of something then if its a good idea we put that idea into practice. As we come up with better ideas we keep improving ideas. First someone thinks of a new technology for a machine and it can be built.
