Marx, Engels, and Weber Flashcards
Durkheim describes the forced division of labor as
An over-specialization of tasks leading to the isolation of individuals and to disintegration of society
What is Marx referring to when he writes “the universality of its property is the omnipotence of its being?”
Money
The cycle of exchange for the typical wage earner as outlined by Marx resembles which pattern?
Commodity - Money - Commodity
The phrase “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” best correlates to which theoretical perspective?
Conflict Theory
Weber argued that distinct interests are connected to economic:
Classes
According to Max Weber, ___ is the process members of a dominant status group use to maximize their advantage by excluding non-members from the benefits of membership
Social closure
Weber defines traditional authority as
Legitimacy based on the rule of eternal yesterday (tradition of past rulership)
According to Marx, the standard on which the value of commodities is based is
The amount of labor time necessary to produce the commodity
Weber’s vision of sociology casts verstehen as the principle objective. Verstehen means
Interpretive understanding (the meanings people associate to their social world)
Emile Durkheim claimed that egoistic suicide was the result of
a prolonged sense of not belonging, of not being integrated in a community. Too little integration.
Altruistic suicide is caused by
a sense of being overwhelmed by a group’s goals and beliefs. Too much integration.
Anomic suicide is cause by
Moral confusion and lack of social direction, which is related to dramatic social and economic upheaval. Too little regulation.
Fatalisitic suicide is caused by
Ecessive regulation, when an individual’s future is pitilessly blocked and passions violently choked by oppressive discipline. Too much regulation.
Durkheim defines the collective conscience as
Totality of beliefs and sentiments common to average citizens of the same society
