SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Labour Power, Overproduction, Class Conflict
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Main prediction: fall of capitalism replaced by a communist world society. Key ideas and methods to marxist analysis of society the process by which people meet their basic needs constitute the foundation of social organization mode of production relations of production society base superstructures. Dialectical method: process of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis , continue until perfection is reached. Mode/reations of production 4 stages : haunting and gathering at: low standard of living, slavery at: force, feudalism at: static, capitalism at: promoted class relations fifth and final stage would be advanced communism. In canada the land act of 1841 made it very expensive for immigrants to by land forcing them into labor to promote capitalism because we didn"t have feudalism etc. Class issues ~ capitalism divides the classes causes alientation where people feel powerless, meaningless, isolated, and self-estrangement. Capitalism = theory of exchange of productive labor like a bartering system.
