SOC203H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: For Marx, Dialectic, Bourgeoisie
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A spectre is haunting europe - the spectre of communism - karl marx. Readings we don"t in class - pay attention as well. Knowing that these theories were formulated within late-1700s. Dialectic - idea of the centrality of contradictions in the social world. Dates back to socrates - ask questions to find the contradictions. Marx took this notion of dialectic and applied it to the social world. That"s the way he saw social relations and interactions. With any cause and effect relationship - it could be bidirectional. How an effect could lead to the cause. For marx, dialectic is not a theory but rather a paradigm. We need to focus on contradictions which can shape the theory you propose. The way in which people provide for their material needs conditions the relations that peo have with each other, their social institutions, and even their prevalent ideas.
