Sociology 2240E Lecture 10: THEORY LECTURES
7 Feb 2017
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One or the most important social theorist. You cant do sociology without dealing with what he talked about. Durkheim essay (in book 3, he mentions marx issue of social class and fair distribution of process) Most important reason why marx is so important is because marx does not distinguish between. Social inquiry for marx is simultaneously and inquiry that is concerned with was is the fact and what ought to be the fact. Table example (no such thing as neutrality for marx) ask jenn. Barnyard story: message : people are selfish, employ strategies for greed, equal rights, animals in the barn yards are us. 3 themes of lecture: marx"s theory of human nature, hegel"s influence on marx, marx"s notion of historical materialism (historical + structural totality, human nature. The variable idea human nature can be variable. Not variable in a fundamental sense but in a social environment. It is this idea of human nature that is very important to us.
