SOCI 3430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Shortage, Advanced Capitalism, Class Consciousness
16 Mar 2016
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Historical & social forces in the construction of race and ethnicity. Understand the sources of exploitation of labour and class struggle. Learn about the relations between capitalist class, black workers and white workers in the u. s. after slavery and wwi. Learn about the sources of ethnic antagonism between black and white workers. Understand the reasons for increasing unemployment rates for the black labour after the 1940s. A theory of social class, class struggle and social change. He is not trying to explain, he is also trying to change aspects in society. He wanted to start and initiate a revolution. What did marx and engels mean by the following: The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle. There has always been a conflict between the worker and the owners. Societies are not stable; there are always changes occurring. Slaves and peasants have absolutely not rights.
