SOC 1001 Lecture Notes - Class Conflict, Bourgeoisie, Hawthorne Effect
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Economic forces shape societies; the ownership of the means of production was a principle shaper in each epoch. Base (relations of production, owners exploit workers, means of production, the things you need to produce. ) The history of civilization is the history of class conflict. In the (then) new industrial capitalist era this conflict is between the bourgeoisie (owners) and the proletariat (workers). Our consciousness is a product of our social circumstances and much of what we believe to be a reality is a reflection of our socially determined interests. Workers must develop class-consciousness in order to free themselves. Because of the revolution, the rise of the bourgeoisie, we go to a capitalist. Because of another revolution, the rise of the proletariat, we go to a dictatorship of the proletariat. Because of the withering away of the state, we go to a communist utopia. Secondary data- data someone else has already collected. Cross-sectional data- data collected at one point in time.
