SOCL 3601 Lecture : Socl 3601 Lecture 1
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Historical materialism: epoch which means every major they produce goods (food, shelter, etc. Determines shape and form of other structures of society according to this time period of human history can be designated by the dominance of a particular economic system. Change comes about when one economic system is overthrown and it is replaced by a different economic system. Economy revolved around palace and temple (primarily administrative who oversaw production) Futilism; new economic system that came about, nobles, became less and less important (steady decline in wealth, power, and influence) Capitalist owners take over means of production. colonies controlled what activities they participated in. replaced by industrial free market capitalism. No government: symbolic interactionism (micro-level): (george h. mead) trying to figure out how human societies were possible; found out it was interference. Wage labor was referred to as wage slavery . possible by using significant symbols : shared meaning for everyone in their behavior.
