SOC 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Antipositivism, Verstehen, Collective Behavior
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Economic structure of a society (material relations) determines how non-economic structures operate (superstructure) If you know the economic structure of a society, you can decipher politics, education, etc. If you"re laboring for you = fully human, for someone else = taking away your humanity. Powerful vs. powerless: powerful people dictate reality in regards to law, power, and money. Hope (conflict: working class can revolt and construct a different reality. Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains. (marx: weber (interpretive sociology; micro) Seeing patterns within: gestures, rituals, face work, symbols. We act towards ideas, concepts, and symbols based on meaning we give them. We should examine the meanings we put on things. Modern society: emotion, affection, tradition have been replaced by efficiency, predictability, control, and calculability. Marx would say economic system created interactions, symbols, and culture (turning schooling into workers) Weber would say interactions, symbols, culture created economic system (w putting meaning to car sales)
