SOCI 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Proletariat, The Communist Manifesto, Friedrich Engels
22 Mar 2016
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Not producing opinion (e. g. , capitalism bad, socialism good) Attempting to trace (via empirical evidence) why and how social classes have changed over time. Especially concerned with the political implications of those transformations. The dominant class typically plays a hegemonic(dominant) role in shaping the economic and political structures through which it rules. Dominant class rules by virtue of its ownership and control over society"s principle economic resources. Within canada and other capitalist countries, the class power of capitalists is expressed through the corporations they control as corporate power. Disciplined by the ever-present need to remain competitive, corporations decide when, how, and where to invest. Within capitalist societies, the state has relative autonomy from class interests, functioning to mediate economic contradictions and contain social conflict. Written in 1848 (spring time of nations) by karl marx and friedrich engels as a political pamphlet. Since it was written for the working classes, it is very readable and contains bombastic language.
