Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: The Sociological Imagination, Frankfurt School, Erich Fromm

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2240E
• Professor: Amanda Zavitz

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What is critical theory: perspective, that stems from the classical sociologal theory of marx and conflict theory. Conflict is the basis of society opposite of structural functionalism. Attempt to expand on marxs: critical, critical theory is critical, connecting marx and weber. Attempt to merge marxism and weber: moving beyond the agency structure debate: or fusing. Agency and structure: objective and subjective, durkheim tells us to oobjective weber tells us to subjective merge together the arguments. Theorists: frankfurt school, c. w mills, bourdieu, analytical conflict theory, darhendorf, coser, the frankfurt school. Frankfurt school- is associated with a single institution- the institute of social. Research at the university of frankfurt in germany. Stemmed from marx"s classical theory psychoanalysis (frued and marx) attempt to bridge marx and hegel. Its most important members: max horkheimer (1895- 1973, theodor adorno (1903-1969, herbert marcuse (1898-1979, erich fromm (1900-1980) All of these theorists are members of the frankfurt school of critical theory: objective versus subjective.