SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Economic Determinism, Montesquieu, Second Industrial Revolution
27 Mar 2018
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One of the most highly influential thinkers of the modern period (the 19th century: a time of industrialization, political & social upheaval & revolt, & colonialism). Philosopher, political economist, socialist & labour activist. Major works include: communist manifesto (with engels) (1847, das kapital (1867-94, outlines for a critique of political economy (1859) Does not see law as the expression of common values of a society: society not formed or structured upon consensus. Instead societies are divided by class conflicts: (cid:498)the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles(cid:499) But they were all (cid:498)evolutionary social theorists(cid:499), legal systems evolved with socio- Unlike durkheim and weber, marx did not see his sociology isolated from political eco system (calavita at 12) Thus, marxism is both a sociological approach and a political movement. Marxism is composed of three tenets: dialectical and materialist philosophy of history, critique of political economy (critique of. Historical materialism: history is a struggle between classes.
