SOC202 Study Guide - Final Guide: Complex Number, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Dialectic
5 Dec 2014
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Hegel"s influence: 3 causes of alienation: private ownership of mop; private appropriation of surplus value, 4 kinds of alienation: product; process; people; potential. British political economy approach: bpe = defense for the market society and theory of how market worked meaning of production for exchange, what exchange means, and of the value of labor power. 4 contradictions in wl-capitalist relations: inherently contradictory/exploitative, pauperization, rationalization of production at level of individual firm = anarchy at level of market, concentration and centralization of capital (oligopoly, monopoly etc) Why no revolution yet: liberalism based on individualist ideology = no class consciousness, complexities in class structure, welfare state, unions, high standards of living in 1st world, religion, marx"s theory of human nature is wrong. Benefits of rationalization: understand nature through science and manipulate it for human purposes, rule by experts = more rational decisions and increased efficiency rather than relying on tradition/ideology, development of increased meritocracy, equality.
