SOC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Proletarian Revolution, Thorstein Veblen, Harriet Martineau

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Jennifer Flad

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Theorizing the social world classical sociological theory theories = sets of interrelated ideas the have a wide range of applications, deal with centrally important issues, and have stood the test of time (ritzer and stepnisky 2014) The emergence of sociological theory was closely related to intellectual and social developments throughout the nineteenth country in europe, including the political revolutions that wracked european society (especially the french. In order to survive, the workers must sell their labor time to the capitalists in exchange for wages. In marx"s view: the capitalist system is marked by exploitation. The proletariat produces virtually everything but gets only a small portion of the income derived from the sale of the products. The capitalists, who do little productive work, reap the vast majority of the rewards: driven by the need to compete in the marketplace, the capitalists are forced to keep costs, including wages, as low as possible.