• Perspective→ historical materialism
• Methodology → historical , comparative, positivist, structuralists
• Subject matter→ material condition of society, Force of production, relationship of production

Historical materialism

Mode of production

Social change

Alienation

Class struggle

Class

Surplus production

• KEY TERMS
• NOTABLE CRITIQUES
• Honourable mention

Relevance of Karl Marx theory

PYQ(Sociological Thinkers)

Sociological Thinkers

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Talcott parson

Robert K Merton

G H Mead

[Paper 1] [Sociological thinkers]