SOCL 3101 : 3101 FINAL REVIEW
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Xenophobic: low division of labor, low stratification (social equals, affective bonds, shared norms and values (strong collective conscious, emphasis on the collectivity ( what is good for who? ) Most advanced: develop machines, high specialization, high division of labor, weak collective conscious, emphasis on the individual ( what is good for me? ) Conflict theory: karl marx (1818-1883, conflict theory. Society viewed as an arena of inequality necessary to generate conflict and social change. Society structured to benefit a few at the expense of majority. Race, sex, class, and age are areas of inequality. Capitalism led to wage slavery and alienation (the experience of isolation and misery that results from feeling powerless) of workers: economic determinism. Economic forces determine, shape, and define all political, social, cultural, intellectual, and technological aspects of society: historical materialism. Means that you cannot understand the past by focusing on its people, politics, wars, legal traditions, philosophy, religion, etc.
