POLS 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Proletariat, Core Countries, Problem Solving
26 Jan 2017
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Some challenge realist and liberal assertion of scientific objectivity. Reason to study alternative theories: inter-paradigm debate exposes flaws in various forms of realism and liberalism, growing academic appeal of alternative approaches. Reaction of realism and liberalism to protect demise of ussr and end of. Marxists assert social, political, and economic world should be analyzed as a whole: academic division of the world into areas of inquiry is arbitrary and unhelpful, assert disciplinary boundaries need to be transcended. Materialist conception of history: processes of historical change are a reflection of economic development of society, economic development is the motor of history. Technological advancement changes previous relations of production in society. Changes in economic base act as a catalyst for the transformation of. Class: social relations b/w the producers, and the conditions under which they exchange society their activities and share in the total act of production . Personal income does not determine class: class defined by position under hierarchy of production.
