SOAN 2112 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lewis H. Morgan, Class Conflict, Manufacturing Consent

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2112
• Professor: Linda Hunter

Document Summary

The overall doctrine-balance between forces to initiate social change through tension and struggle. Struggle, not peaceful growth, is what pushes change. The first historical act is the production of material life. Production of materials is used to meet the constant production of new needs we develop when out primary needs are met. After a communal stage there will be a division of labour which gives rise to classes. Different historical periods have been marked by class struggle. We are the seeds of our own destruction. What is is always to be challenged for us to interpret inside the system. Capitalist society is challenged by capitalism and may give rise to socialism. Dialectical materialism-conflict is important, capitalism rests on this conflict and class. A dialectical interplay between opposing classes interests bring about historical change. Thesis is the event; antithesis is the opposite and synthesis is the reconciliation.