SOC212H1 Lecture 10: Lecture 10
Document Summary
The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas (i. e. , the class which is the ruling material) force of society is at the same time the ruling intellectual force . Power to create and maintain image of consensus: you"ll never had a total agreement in society, everybody thinks when you think about conflict points of view, everyone thinks about class being the most important variable. Theory more concerned with the making and enforcing of laws rather than the behavior of offenders. Two poles of a continuum: society composed of myriad struggling groups who strive to see their interests maintained or realized, two classes present (proletariat and bourgeoisie; ruling class and working class), both of which struggle for control. Two: 1950"s and 1960"s - period of optimism, things are going on the right track, 1965-75 - period of disenchantment with social order, demonstrations - civil rights for powerless" groups (women, minorities, homosexuals, rights movements.
