SOCI 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2.4: Simone De Beauvoir, Opposition To United States Involvement In The Vietnam War, The Second Sex
25 Jan 2017
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Social movements in the 1960s and 70s created a time of change: civil rights movement, feminist movement, anti- vietnam war movement, beginnings of gay and lesbian rights movement, etc, traditional ways of thinking about society were thrown aside. The revival of marxism: neo-marxism: an updated form of marxism, neo-marxism contends that the capitalist state could, and indeed often has, forced powerful economic classes to make concessions to the working class. Capitalist state: the governing institutions and legal systems in a capitalist society. Establish social programs like social security, unemployment insurance, health insurance, free education, which benefit poor and working class people. Seen as a key to persuading the working class that it did not need socialism. Eventually a fiscal crisis will open the door to a new kind of socialist revolution. Realized that there was a need for more classes than just bourgeoisie and proletariat. Capitalist class, middle class, and working class.
