SCMA*1090 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Productive Forces, The Communist Manifesto
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Recap: w lived in a world where women were subordinates to men. H"s focus on sct, l"s concern w/ labour + rights, r"s concern w/ economic inequality + humanity. W"s concern w/ socialization, edu, inequality, patriarchy + social domination. Conflict theory in ss assumes that society is not harmony, it"s a conflict conflict is always over $ + control. Fred douglas says can"t have power w/o struggle. Communist manifesto history of class struggles in society capitalists make $ by exploitation buy material, pay labour + sell product at higher value than their costs in order to get profit. Workers unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains (alienation) Workers don"t get paid enough to afford what they produce exploitation so can"t buy anything no demand means no production which means no need for labour and no business everyone was scared crisis would lead to depression.
