Sociology 2270A/B- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 133 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2270A/B
• Professor: chimbos

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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. Everyone should have the opportunity to realize their potential.