SOC231H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Glenn Gould, Social Change, Enclosure
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It is possible to be creative and have a strong control of what we can and cannot do. Marx says humans are humans because they can think and questions, but they always struggle to be themselves. Gave up after trying to follow his dreams. They feel controlled by business and feel like they are controlled. Qualities come partially based on the existence of the whole system. Letters of an alphabet numbers; individual society, words and language. Concept of human nature: shaped by society to some extent but also am somewhat individual. Rousseau: naturally cooperative, inequality causes conflict: humans are either isolated, in order to have basic social system there needs to be cooperation. Others; greedy, selfish, cruel, evil , good, plain, stupid, idiotic, cunning. Radical = the root of the issue; key point. !calhoun: marx :economic and philosophical manuscript of 1844.
