SOC203H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ibm Officevision, Sept, King-Tv
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40% of the class got an a or a b. Marx and gramsci on ideology authority= legitimate domination. Weber: why do people obey?- they feel like there is coercion or believe in the rightfulness of the domination. The conquest of iraq demonstrates the problems with a vacuum of authority: marx on ideas. Treated religion as bogus or misleading ideas, giving people hope, backwards thinking. Marx: human beings created the idea of god. Religion is the opium of the masses: religion acts as a painkiller for those who live under capitalism, it serves as a cope mechanism for people who suffer. Tells the poor that deal with your life because something good lies ahead. In a perfect communist world, religion would not exist. Religion is a symptom and byproduct to class relations. Marx believes that the underlying problem is class divided societies and exploitation leading to a classless society and the need of religion will disappear on it"s own: the state.
