SOCI 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Forces, Bourgeoisie, Symbolic Interactionism
4 Jul 2016
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Based on the work of karl marx (1818-1883) and frederick engels (1820-1895) Looked at social work around the world and how it was affected by capitalism. Con ict theory is the strongest theoretical criticism of functionalism. Con ict theory does not see the world as regular and homeostatic like functionalism, but rather society is based not the struggle over nite resources. Agree with functionalists that consensus must occur, just different ways of gaining it (i. e. agree to work together vs being forced to) Contrast between thomas hobbes (1588-1679) and jean jacques rousseau (1712-1778) Hobbes: life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short . Marx: capitalist society had a de nite (social contract in a nutshell: if you don"t screw me over, i wont screw you over. ) Base + super structure = mode of production: super structure (everything you do after your bill are paid ex: government, art, politics, religion, base:
