SOC 3113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Human Nature, Class Conflict, Class Consciousness
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Theoretical thinking in sociology feb 14th: essence of being human is our species-being, self-consciousness/ awareness of being human comes from seeing human nature reflected in (cid:449)hat (cid:449)e"(cid:448)e created. Involves intrinsic, intimate connection between producer and product: the very existence of the product defines the nature of the producer, marx also saw humans as social, altruistic and cooperative, but capitalism teaches us to be self-centered and self-striving. Alienation: alienation is separation from one"s hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)it(cid:455, capitalism destroys human nature, creativity, altruism, capitalism prevents realizing species-being, no control over product, human actions no different from a machine dehumanization, promotes competition over cooperation.
