Sociology 2169 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Symbolic Interactionism, Mcdonaldization, Homo Economicus
24 Sep 2016
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Social theory: provide us with more extended explanations for certain phenomenon. Power: some people have more power than others; employers > employees. **working conditions were changing, he did not think highly of these changes thought workers would be aware of poor working conditions and overthrow capitalism. Examines the nature of work production in capitalist economies. Work is key to producing and reproducing social inequality. The labor theory of value: one"s labor is a source of value in an object. Nothing has value unless labor is expended on it i. e. an apple has no use in and of itself unless someone puts in labor into it harvest or pick the apple. It"s through work that humans are able to express humanity i. e. spiders spin a web, beavers make a dam; animals work for survival. Humans have higher level thinking conceptualization (think) and execution (do)
