Sociology 2270A/B Chapter 8: Karl Marx Text Notes
25 Apr 2018
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Proletariat), and they have revolution to improve socioeconomic status (synthesis): synthesis: combination of old and new. Assembly line workers who tighten bolts have little feel for how their labour contributes to the entire car. Isolation and interpersonal hostility alienate the workers from one another: workers are alienated from their own human potential, the workplace is where we feel least human. In the 1840s, europe was experiencing a widespread social crisis. Effects of industrialization and its political implications were being felt throughout germany. Marx wanted to create a society where human potential could be adequately expressed. Marx"s central insight was that capitalism was much more than an economic system: system of power political powers are transformed into economic relations, economy is viewed as a natural force we don"t question it. The basis of all of marx"s social structures is in the analysis of commodities. Use value in their interactions with others and nature, people produce objects they need to survive.
