Though both sociologists expressed different views concerning the rise of capitalism, each believed that capitalism caused alienation amongst the members of society. ... Using the idea of materialism, Marx traced class conflict through the different stages of history in order to explain the rise of modern industrial capitalism. ... The main epochs which Marx discusses are listed in chronological order as primitive communism, ancient systems, feudalism, and lastly, modern industrial capitalism. ...

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Marx also shared the same views as Feuerbach with regards to religion. ... Engels was known for his writings on the dialectical materialism, which is involved with the non-human aspects of the universe where as Marx studied more on Historical materialism, human aspects of the universe. ... Using statistical data, Durkheim shows in modern societies that the high rates of suicide among the military personal cannot be explained by the low quality of military life suffered by the lower ranks, because the suicide rate happens to be higher for officers than for the lower ranks. ...

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Thus, it is going to be discussed why feminists view as problematic the "scientific" approach that permeates and influences traditional explanations of the social world. ... Smith (1987) states Sociology has been based upon men's social universe. ... Sydie also discusses Weber and Durkheim ideas in relation to the issue of "objectivity" in the social sciences, as their ideas still hold an eminent position in modern social theory. ...

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An individual report into alternative visions of education, including views about the role of education and the relationship between education and other social institutions Education for Work ! ... (Bourdieu and Passeron, 1997: 80) 62% of those in the higher streams of Hargreves secondary modern boys" school were of a non-manual or skilled manual labour heritage, in comparison to 16% from unskilled manual families. ...

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