SOCL 3601 Lecture : Sociology Notes Jan 17 27 2014
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Jan 17: conflict theory: roots in ideas of karl marx social problems brought about by western connected to each other and how each part provides a function to maintain that society as a whole. Then they look at how changes in one part will cause changes in another part in order to restore changes and maintain balance in society: structural-functionalism: (most dominant) look at different parts of society, how they"re. *historical materialism ( if economy determines shape and form of everything else then. Marx did not like that free market capitalism allowed a handful of people to become the extremely wealthy through the labor of others, sometimes slave labor. Corvee labor (labor you owe to the govt. as a part your taxes, in return you get food and a place to sleep). Human societies are only possible through our unique ability to create and manipulate significant symbols, primarily language, (those that have shared meanings for everyone in society).
