society? (AO1) What causes inequality according to Marxists? (AO2) What are the strengths of the Marxist view? (AO2) What are the weaknesses of the Marxist view of inequality? Summary of Key Points Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) was an economist, philosopher and journalist who was motivated by concern for workers who were experiencing terrible poverty while all around was great wealth and power. He was a revolutionary who believed in working for a classless…
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Class Analysis (class Analysis according to Karl Marx) Classes are only found in the Capitalist societies Class is defined in relationship to the ownership of the means of production There are only 2 classes 1) Property owners/ capitalists/ Bourgeoisie (people who own wealth) 2) Workers/ Labor/ Proletariat (who don’t own wealth Determinant of class therefore 1) Wealth ownership or non ownership 2) Class awareness or class consciousness if workers lack class awareness or consciousness then…
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important that we clear our minds of sterotypes, expectations and opinions so that we are more receptive to our experiences 7. Who came up with the concept “sociological imagination?”C. Wright Mills 8. Compare and contrast the two different levels of analysis used by sociologists. Microsociology examines small-group interactions to see how they impact larger institutions in society and Macrosociology examines large-scale social structures to determine how they impact groups and individuals 9.…
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Marx is interested in change and recognizes the problems. Is never afraid to say what’s wrong. Adam Smith!!! Know him! The Invisible Hand. If you have a market economy you don’t have to plan how much to produce or how much to sell or where to sell the invisible hand takes care of it. Supply and Demand. It regulates itself. Communist society. Govt determines who makes what and ships how much of it where. A theory- Idea of how things work. Kind of like a blue print. Shows you things you might…
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Table of Contents 1. Acknowledgements 2 2. Table of contents 3 3. Introduction 4 4. Objectives 5 5. Research Methodology 5 6. What is Conflict? 6 7. Works of Karl Marx 9 8. Conflict of interest 12 9. Conflict perspective in sociology 13 10. In classical sociology 14 11. Modern approaches 17 12. Types of conflict theory 20 13. Conclusion…
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definitely come from the bottom up. Being a Sociologist, you really get to understand the full scheme of things and you get to analyze “what is” and “why it is as such”. Even though I have been taught a lot of theories in the past year, the names of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, and Du Bois will always stick with me because their ideas of how the world works is most fascinating. First of all, what is Sociology? Well, it’s basically the study of the origin, structure, and development of human society…
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CULTURE AND IDENTITY This essay will aim to critically analyse and evaluate the contribution of modern and post modern perspectives to a sociological understanding of culture and identity. This will be achieved by analysing similarities and differences between three contrasting sociological theories and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses. Studies will be included as the debate is developed further and their contributions will also be explained. Culture is defined simply as the way of life…
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Max Weber, Karl Marx & Emile Durkheim -> the “tri force of Sociology” However, more than these three Georg Simmel: the “one man wolf pack” -Interested in studying small group dynamics “What happens when you add a person to a group?” (third wheel) -Simmel was the first person to formally define 1) Small and large groups 2) A party 3) A stranger (Chapter 4 Massey) 4) The poor -Major influence in cultural and urban sociology Karl Marx: society is organized on the economy -The economic system…
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sociologists study everything from specific events (the micro of analysis which study on a small scale) to the “big picture” (the macro level of examination on a large scale). Marxism is a sociological perception who’s founding father is Karl Marx (1818-83). For Marxists, the system we live in is called capitalism. This theory is mainly about the class conflict between the lower class (Proletariat) and the upper class (Bourgeoisie). Marx called the upper class Bourgeoisie because they control society…
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approaches which are: Marxism Feminism Interactionism Collectivism New right Post-modernism Functionalism Marxism Karl Marx developed the approach of Marxism; as well as being a conflict model, it can be considered a structuralist model. Marx thought that society shaped individuals behaviour. He also believed that society and the people in it are defined by their economic system. Marx though that in the industrial society of his time there were two social classes, the bourgeoisie or capitalists and…
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