SOC346H5 Study Guide - Social Defence, Prisons In Germany, Ruling Class
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Marxism includes only marxist"s concepts but neo-marxist includes weber, foucault or. Society has a definite structure organization that patterns social practices connected to polit- ics and economics. The key determiners of this social organization is the mode of productions. The structural organization which mode of production is important. Conveys idea of economic levels as a crucial foundation where the superstructure of politics is built. Although super- structure forms have effect of shaping social life, they are ultimately dependent upon produc- tion relations. Transformation of ancient, feudal and capitalist modes of production. All non-communist modes of production are based on either subordinate class (slaves, wage-labourers) or dominant class (citizens, feudal lords, bourgeoisie). Punishment does not exist, only concrete system and criminal practices ex- ist: history of punishment is to be understood in a very definite sense. It is the emergence of a mode of production, rise to dominance and revolution of new mode.
