SOCB42H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bourgeoisie, Proletariat, Labour Power
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Prevailing wisdom: by understanding theology, we understand ourselves, theology -> anthropology. Feuerbach"s challenge: by understanding ourselves, we understand theology, feuerbach projects his thought = anthropology -> theology. Marx: how we live in this material world impacts how we see it. Need to look at sociology: sociology -> anthropology -> theology. Base and superstructure: economic foundation and cultural order. Example: thesis argument -> counterargument = synthesis -> product -> new thesis. Means of production = agricultural society, fundamental, land & tools -> to produce commodities. Means of subsistence = basic shelter, food, water. As humans = we buy our means of subsistence from others. Mode of production: prior mode of production: feudal. Born into world of agricultures, a just order (peasants, nobility: current: capitalist. With capitalism: proletariat sell their labour power to bourgeoisie and feel alienated. Alienated from production, people, and become dull: we don"t see the exploitation because we are enmeshed in it.
