POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Class Conflict

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1150
• Professor: c

Document Summary

Base: material relations based in the mode of production - feudal mode of production, capitalist mode of production the material relations of production are social and revealed through class productions. Superstructure: politics, culture, philosophy, religion arise from and are shaped by the material relations of production and the dominant class in those relations. Classes: in the capitalist mode of production there are two classes based on their relationship to capital. In marxist theory, history is made through class struggle in the material relations of production. One analyses politics by focusing on two main units of analysis: class relations between classes - class struggle) structure (of capitalist system) The empirical study of politics through comparisons: western experience (liberal state and institutions) often seen as universal, must use the comparative approach with caution important to get categorization and comparisons that work.