SOC216H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Structural Marxism, Instrumentalism, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity
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In order to understand a marxist theory, you need to have a base. This explanation takes as its core class divisions: needs of capital dictate law ( base superstructure) In those instances, where the state tries to regular capital, capitalists find ways to avoid it: factor acts. Capitalism is also a set of ideas, including ideas about the value of work, and this can be expressed through law. Rates and imprisonment in correlation with crime rates: crime rates are going down and rates of imprisonment are going up. The average time served in prison rose by 30% between 95-04. The law is the interest of the capital class. Want to change the law, so it will benefit them in the future. Asking different questions: wrote around the same time. Social solidarity and conscience collective: society can only function if there first exists a shared framework of meaning and moralities. Primitive modern societies: mechanical and organic solidarity.
