SLGY 2131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Bourgeoisie, Class Conflict, Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft
23 Jan 2017
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Classical social theory developed as a response to the conditions of modernity in western europe between 1776-1914. This created chaotic change and social upheaval. The era is known as the great transformation in which both the british industrial and french. 3 processes are linked to this time. The british industrial revolution was a fundamental change in structure of the economy which was guided by goals to accumulate profit (agriculture -> Britain expands to this type of economy (capitalism) first, followed by. By 1890 western europe was the strongest capitalist hub in the world. Large increase in productivity of human labour. People willing to work for wages was they had no other way to earn (thus cheap labour) Marx saw the industrialized division of labour (proletariat vs bourgeois) and its capitalist methods of production as the source of conflict and social change. The state is a committee for managing affairs of the bourgeoisie - marx.
