SOC101Y1 : review
Document Summary
One of the greatest contributions marx makes is in the area of historical sociology. The first is hegel- he was a student of hegel"s. The second component is french socialism (st. simon and others) The third component is english political economy- adam smith, david ricardo, james mill, Marx took political refuge in england for 30 years. Hegel realized that nothing is static and the fact that everything is in flux was fundamental to his thinking. Marx would say it is unreasonable to send people into an unnecessary war. Development for hegel means overcoming an internal contradiction. The utilitarians had said that you should practice laissez faire. The historical truth is that it never really worked that way anywhere. St. simon and other thinkers decided that the only way to overcome the defects of the current system was to have rational planning of the economy. And its to be an authoritarian elitist system.
