Week 9 Soc Final Review

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what are the 3 aspects of Marx's work, that could be characterized as a critique, a vision and a prediction?

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Social critique- capitalism
vision- eutopian, cooperation is more than competition, everyone equal, human potential realized.
prediction- worldwide communist revolution

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What are the 2 historical developments that Marx failed to predict?

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1.didn't think his prediction would appear in agrarain places, but industrial places. (workers exploited in the agrarian places by the communist party)
2. within industrialized places, planned on only 2 classes.

Front 3

HOw did Karl Marx view society

Back 3

Battlefield

Front 4

to marx, what was before capitalism

Back 4

A feudal society

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to Marx, what happened during modernization

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the bourg. took over nobility, who then exploited the proletariat in pursuit of profit.

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to marx,what was the result of modernization?

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class conflict, increase of class conscience, revolution

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to Marx, was modernization good?

Back 7

Yes and no

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Weber's view of society

Back 8

A network of social relations

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to weber, what came before captialism

Back 9

society based on tradition

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to weber, what happened during modernization

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pursuit of profit changed the relations b/t people

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to weber, what was the result of modernization

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rationalization of society, disenchantment from tradition and the beliefs of the past

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to weber, was modernization good?

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mostly no

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what were webers 2 challenges to marxist thought

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1. introduced the idea of status
2. couldn't explain everything (capitalsim, culture change, and industrialization) through class conflict

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what was durkheim's view of society

Back 14

functional system

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durkheim thought b/f capitalism was

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mechanical solidarity

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to durkheim, during modernization

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industrialization and division of labor

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to durkheim, the result of modernization was

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greater efficency, and organic solidarity

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to durkheim,was modernization good?

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mostly yes, but anomie is a problem

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economic logic of feudalism

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legal arrangement. unlanded bound to the land and gave owners a portion of their labor to live on the land and be protected

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how do class conflict and class conscience lead to socialism

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class conflict leads to oppresion, in which the people realize they are being exploited, which leads to class consciousness, in which the workers unite and overthrow, which leads to socialism

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what is a political revolution

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an opposition movement which overthrows the political institutions and institutes its own institutions (inevitable b/c of class conflict)

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what are the 3 ways that marx believed that the working class experienced alienation

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1.alienation from the process of production (doesn't fulfill human need)
2.alienation from the product(can't afford)
3. alienation from themselves(dehumanizing)

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what does it mean that weber saw modernity in an idealist rather than materialist way?

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saw it as a change in ideas and culture, not just material things

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what are the 3 aspects of rationalization that weber believed came about because of the process of modernization

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1.capitalsim- devotion to profit
2.beuracracy-devotion to duty
3.science-devotion to knowledge

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what is the difference between mechanical and organic solidarity, and what caused the shift from one to the other

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b/f capitalism: mechanical= everyone had a place in society(miller's son to be a miller)
after capitalism: organic solidarity= new relationships , more acceptable(millers son can be what he wants)

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what did durkheim mean by division of labor?

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specialization of tasks, increasing functionality