SOCB42H3 Lecture 7: Lecture 7
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Very similar to prophetic writing (e. g. the bible) Singing the praises, the greatness of the main character who the play is about (edipus) The bourgeoisie class unleashed the forces of production ever in history: created more goods and services than any other group. Not a tragedy in the classical sense: by just being the very best person you can be (the best version of yourself), you destroy yourself in the process (like edipus) Not a comedy in the sense of being funny. In the classical sense, it is having a happy ending. After capitalist hell, we re going to have a better world: vision for the new world: hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, and read poetry and philosophy at night. All societies are fundamentally defined by their property: capitalist class: have property, proletariat class: don t have property. Property was linked to estates: marx: other societies were class driven but they were more complex.
