SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: The Proletariat, Industrial Revolution, Proletariat

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Willow Scobie

Document Summary

In marx"s theory, the mode of production was a capitalist mode of. In london, the industrial revolution had taken off at this time. Profit was the objective, and a high priority was keeping the cost of labor down. In this system, the government and legal system argue that religion and art reflect the mode of production. In capitalist regime, it is about the pursuit of profit, which is the most important goal. If we think about some of the legal characters of canada, the legal system privileges the right of private property. In our culture, which is a capitalist culture, we have a very rigid sense of private property, which is not a global truth. There are many places in the world where there is a very different sense of private property. In the development of marx"s theories, he is concerned with the results of thus system, saying that he is concerned with social fragmentation, disintegration and conflict.