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standard accounts of the origins of sociology focus on the industrial and French revolutions giving no weight to the significance of colonialism in shaping modern societies

sociology has described Western societies as developed or modem in opposition to the notion of non-Western societies as pre-modern traditional inferiors

the sociological imagination has always encouraged and enabled the voices of people across the world to be heard in sociological theorizing

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Sociology

The essential function of punishment in society is:

revenge

reform

affirmation of moral standards

None of these

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Sociology

The ‘class polarization’ that Marx predicted referred to:

the division of each social class into the more or less privileged

a growing gap between rich and poor, resulting in class consciousness

the growth of intermediate strata in the middle classes

the tendency for the working class to live in very cold places

Marx famously distinguished between two main groups or social strata: the capitalist bourgeoisie (ruling class) and the subordinate proletariat (working class). He suggested that as capitalism developed, the former group, who were the owners and controllers of capital, would become concentrated as one large business power, squeezing out competition from the smaller capitalists. They would become increasingly aware of their interests and eventually control the state to their advantage. Meanwhile, those in the working classes would also amalgamate into one group, united by their poverty. The gap between the two groups would widen until it could no longer be ignored; Marx called this process polarization, resulting in class consciousness. 787-788

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