SOC231H5 Lecture : Soc231_lec_jan_23rd.docx
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About the test: 4 questions, one page answer for each, list the main points, no rambling. Marx made a lot of predictions: how societies will develop. His work should be studied as what is or isn"t the truth, rather it should be viewed as his ideas of the processes that will/might go into the building of a society. Video on youtube: crises of capitalism, rsa animation. Sort of puts all of the issues of capitalism into perspective using simple art. Class control: conflict between the slave owners and slaves. Had very different interests and therefore had a very different experience of the same world. Capitalism: conflict between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. Industrial bourg, financial bourg, and landowners are all capitalists in their own respective ways. Old middle class, new middle class and the proletariat can be lumped as workers. Polarization occurs as capitalism matures, and you see extended conflict between wage labourers and capitalists.
