C1 Sociology 1101 - Marx
Because we're a capitalist, cash-based society, ppl aren't what?
self sufficient, so to survive, sell labor
What were the fault lines in feudalism?
serfs who didn't own, worked for place to live and vassals who provided service to monarchs
What is another way to define social institution?
set of stories we tell ourselves ab that institution, any institution that works to shape behavior of groups of ppl within
What is a complex group of interdependent positions that together perform a social role and reproduce themselves over time?
social institution
What is a set of stories we tell ourselves ab that institution?
social institution
What is any institution that works to shape behavior of groups of ppl within?
social institution
What is a network of ties?
social relations
What is the grand narrative that utilizes the stories within the network?
social role
What is the ability to see connections b/t personal experiences and larger forces of history (everything's connected, make your life ordinary)?
sociological imagination
What is the sociological imagination?
ability to see connections b/t personal experiences and larger forces of history (everything's connected, make your life ordinary)
What is a disorienting sense of exclusion, separation?
alienation
What does "Thinking like a Sociologist mean"?
applying analytical tools to smt you've always done w/o much thought, use perspective of outside observer
The industrial revolution was a transition from what to what econ system?
feudal to capitalist with a cash based economy
What is a social role?
grand narrative that utilizes the stories within the network
What is the history determined by human struggle to gain control of and dominate our environment?
historical materialism
What is historical materialism?
history determined by human struggle to gain control of and dominate our environment
What was the era of first mass production, new inventions, development of factories?
industrial revolution
When did Marx develop his ideas?
industrial revolution
What are social relations?
network of ties
What was the problem w work under capitalism for Marx?
not fullfilling, alienating, violating human nature
How do we construct and change social institutions?
ordinary interactions and through meanings we ascribe to them
What is the problem w developing technology?
overtook us, causes neg conditions
Why does social change happen?
we constantly try to gain/dominate our environment, try to design new tech/ways of doing things
Marx believed what would eventually happen?
workers join together to create new econ system where workers not exploited and labor not alienating; society would evolve to better systems
What was ironic in terms of the alienation of the factory workers according to Marx?
workers made stuff they couldn't afford to buy
Who was the first sociologist?
Karl Marx
How is the industrial revolution an example of ppl making social change by dominating our environment?
capitalism a better system than feudalism, producing things more efficiently
Because Marx believed society would evolve to better systems, this means what ab capitalism?
capitalism j an improvement over feudalism, but there's smt better
What were the fault lines in capitalism?
capitalists who own the means of production and workers who sell labor to survive
During the industrial revolution, everyone was moving from to where? why?
cities bc that's where factories were
According to Marx, what was the conflict based off of?
class
What are social institutions?
complex group of interdependent positions that together perform a social role and reproduce themselves over time
Marx believed each economic system had its own fault lines of what?
conflict
Marx believed there would always be what between social classes, causing what?
conflict, causing social change
Marx was what kind of theorist? Why?
conflict, society characterized by constant conflict b/t more and less powerful groups
What is alientation?
disorienting sense of exclusion, separation
What is the industrial revolution?
era of first mass production, new inventions, development of factories
According to Marx, capitalists do what (neg)?
exploit workers for profit, gain smt at expense of workers
