SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Symbolic Interactionism, Small Business, Socialist Feminism
24 Feb 2014
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Society is held together by consensus; not based upon conflict. There are usually two groups found in society: haves/ have nots . Social relationships to the means of production refer to peoples position in society refer to peoples position in society (proletariat or bourgeoisie in capitalist societies) Surplus value is that amount appropriated by the bourgeoisie. ***alienation- means the separation of things that naturally go together (marx argued it is very prominent in society, as individuals we are pitted against each other. The proletariat is exploited and experiences alienation. The law of accumulation suggests that as the bourgeoisie obtains more wealth. The proletariat will eventually have no money to purchase products- the system collapses. Exploitation and alienation will not be able to continue forever- this will stop at one point or another. Slice of pie can get smaller as long as the whole pie gets bigger. There are more than 2 classes in contemporary capitalist societies based upon .
