Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Communist Manifesto, Oligarchy, Bourgeoisie
13 Apr 2016
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*please remember that you are encouraged to ask questions if there is a concept/s that are not clear to you, or perhaps weren"t mentioned throughout the lecture. War, imperialism, oligarchy (monarchy), progress: manifesto of the communist party , alienated labour . Worker degraded to a commodity, the more he/she produces, the more miserable s/he is. Society falls into two classes capitalists (bourgeois) and workers (proletarians) . Contrast with human relationship of the artist or ensemble of artists. The worker pours his/her life into the object becoming poorer as a result. The more civilized - the product of labour, the more barbaric the worker, etc. Works of wonder for the rich, poverty for the worker. Alienated from work, worker is never at home . Man is alienated nature, the animal is not. The animal is immediately one with its activity. Class struggle serfs and lords slaves and owners capitalists and workers. The only tie between man and man, is cash payment.
