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Karl Marx
Sociological Theory

Chapter 2 Chapter Outline

  1. Introduction
  2. The Dialectic
  3. The Dialectical Method
    1. Fact and Value
    2. Reciprocal Relations
    3. Past, Present, Future
    4. No Inevitabilities
    5. Actors and Structures
  4. Human Nature
    1. Biographical Sketch
    2. Labor
  5. Alienation
  6. The Structures of Capitalist Society
    1. Commodities
    2. Fetishism of Commodities
    3. Capital, Capitalists, and Proletariat
    4. Exploitation
    5. Class Conflict
    6. Capitalism as a Good Thing
  7. VII. Materialist Conception of History
    1. Ideology
    2. Freedom, Equality, and Ideology
    3. Religion
    4. Communism
  8. Criticisms
  9. Summary