SOCI 3430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Scientific Socialism, Scientism, False Consciousness
23 Jul 2016
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Introduction and objectives: topic and title (your title page) + make sure its about what you"re writing. 2: research theory and method: intersectionality, the body, conclusion, references. Society is grounded upon inequality and competition (competition in terms of access) Power is at the core of all social relationships. Social values and the dominant ideology are the vehicles by which the power promote their own interests at the expense of the weak. Rooted in the writings of machiavelli, hobbes and rousseau marx, weber . Alienation: the process by which workers are disconnected from what they produce. Exploitation: the difference between what workers are paid and the wealth they create for the owners. False consciousness: belief in and support of the system that oppresses you. Class consciousness: recognition of domination and oppression and the collective action that occurs to address it. The start of a drift toward positivism and scientism.
