ISS 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Real Change, Real Socialism, Social Order

• School: MSU
• Department: Integrative Studies Social Sci
• Course: ISS 315
• Professor: F.Hussain

Document Summary

Lecture 2 political economy and marxism: karl marx and engel. Society is a complex system characterized by inequality and conflict leading to social change. Competing goals of individuals lead to conflicts. Conflict is the major source of real change in society. Continue expanding the gap of rich and poor would lead to the system to break down. Every single war around the globe is because of economic reasons. Marx: changing through evolution is not real change. Revolution was real change: major theories of karl marx. Preclass societies: no ownership of things, no inequality, the time of equality. The reason is: limited population and unlimited resources. Agriculture is the beginning of the concept of ownership. The difference between you and the other farmer were very little. Ancient societies: human society based on civilization. Kings and queens have the absolute power on other individuals. Roman civilization was the largest and the last one to fall apart.