Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mount Everest, Anomie, Criminal Law
4 Jun 2015
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If you understand and can explain these concepts comprehensively then you are well-prepared for the test. Use your readings to fill out the framework provided by lectures. The test will have two sections: short and longer answers, but no full essay question. Marx rejects idealism the belief that philosophy should deal with the world of ideas rather than concrete everyday life materialism . Believes that in order to understand superculture: ideas we have about family, religion,culture" that we first need to understand the economic conditions the base". Believes that history develops in stages that have been defined by economic systems. Argues that the division between the have and the have nots will result in economic systems falling apart. The divisions between social class are a direct result of our economic system. The people who drive politics, religion and culture are usually the people who have been economically fortunate.
