SOCI 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Class Conflict, Proletariat, Bourgeoisie
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Modernity: "dual revolution" (hobsbawm: the french revolution, the industrial revolution. Lead to the modern age: began at the same time, french revolution, (july 14, 1789, antiquity -> middle age -> modern age, middle ages (feudalism) to modern age (capitalism, sociology as a discipline was born through the change. European middle ages: three estate: clergy (church, nobility, peasantry. Meaning religious idea do not have the influence towards any political decisions (not in the exam) three principles of the french revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity. The industrial revolution: feudalism to capitalism, feudalism: peasantry vs. nobility (landowners, capitalism: workers (proletariat) vs. capitalists (bourgeoisie, feudalism (agriculture and craftwork), capitalism (factory work)