POLS 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Simone De Beauvoir, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Work Ethic

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2150
• Professor: Carol Dauda

Document Summary

Concepts of sex and gender: gender: what it is to be masculine, what it is to be feminine. Sex, sex role, was spoken about as part of roles including jobs and partners, we are born that way. Simone de beauvoir: separating biological fact from social expectations of a role (born female but you become a woman) A (cid:858)(cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g(cid:859), (cid:448)ery i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t , ho(cid:449) o(cid:374)e (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es a (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374) or a (cid:373)a(cid:374) has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) explored ever since. John stuart mill, human reason, industriousness leads to progress, always moving forward. Evolution of human consciousness brings positive change. Brings us to function at a higher level state represents the highest achievement of man: materialist perspective: karl marx: relations of authority arise from relations of production when production changes so does authority. Bourgeois power supported by the state and exploitative class struggle brings about change revolution of the proletariat will bring about production for social ends state will wither away.