C1 Sociology 1101 - Marx

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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


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