Sociology 2270A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Macrosociology, Class Consciousness, Social Conflict
15 Jan 2018
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Social structural frameworks the study of large scale structures and processes of society (macrosociology) Proletariat were exploited by the upper-class revolution in a class proletariat revolution. Economic determinism suggests that the institution of economy is the fundamental determinate of the structure of society. Economy must change first otherwise all the other institutions will suffer. Economy changes = all other institutions change. Max weber saw calvinism that drove modern capitalism. With calvinism capitalism could not have come into existence. Marx and religion church is the apologist for capitalistic exploitation in society is also (cid:396)espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)le fo(cid:396) diale(cid:272)ti(cid:272)al (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge i(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) He predicted there would be another synthesis with modern industrialized society, however we now know that if you have a strong middle class a revolution is not likely to occur. He assumed that history moved in the pattern (antithesis to synthesis to antithesis etc. ) Major forces of change originate in the economy, the exploitative system of capitalism simple societies communism is inevitable.
