SOCI 205 1st Edition Lecture 3Outline of Last Lecture I. Emile DurkheimII. What Causes Change in Solidarity?III. AnomieIV. SuicideOutline of Current Lecture I. Karl MarxII. The Conflict CycleIII. Economic AnalysisIV. Relationships to the World, Self, and OthersCurrent LectureI. Karl Marxa. Alive from 1818 – 1883 b. Known for his Conflict Theoryc. Conflict is important for society because it brings social chaged. Without conflict there is social stagnatione. Durkheim differs because he says that the way things are is how they should be (no change)II. The Conflict Cyclea. Thesisi. The status quob. Antithesisi. Belief challenging the status quoc. Synthesisi. The :marriage” of thesis and antithesisIII. Economic Analysis a. Critique of Capitalismi. Two classes of people1. Capitalist = owns the means of production 2. Proletariat = forced to work for capitalists b. Communismi. An “anti-system”ii. No longer an “I” or “me” but now an “us” or “we” worldwide iii. Argues human nature is not to be selfish iv. Economic arrangements have made us selfish IV. Relationships to the World, Self, and Othersa. Human Potential i. Humans have an innate creative potential 1. Pre-capitalist: too busy2. Capitalist: exploitation of capitalism3. Communism: people would finally be free b. Alienationi. The breakdown of natural interconnections1. Human-Self (alienated from self because cant realize human potential) 2. Human-World (Cant perceive way world is actually arranged)3.