SOC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Environmental Sociology, William Fielding Ogburn, Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft
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Social change describes a shift in the characteristics of culture and society. Societies have gone from gemeinschaft to gesellschaft: gemeinschaft (traditional) societies are small, rural, and slow-changing. The division of labor between men and women is strict: gesellschaft (modern) societies are large, urbanized, and fast-changing. There is a more fluid division of labor between the sexes. Marx argues that when feudal society broke up, people moved to the cities and were then exploited by the capitalists: the tension between capitalists and workers remains today. Max weber traced capitalism to the protestant reformation: they laid the groundwork for the industrial revolution, these changes are a part of the process called modernization. Social movements are often a major factor in social change: globalization means that these movements will transcend borders. Their goal is to maintain global dominance, including the dominance of the. Middle east to keep their access to cheap oil.
