Karl Marx and Michel Foucault

Karl Marx

How does the economic system of capitalism influences social phenomenon?

Karl Marx claim

• The contradicting interests lead to class conflicts
• The lower class overthrows the higher to dissolve social classes

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Michel Foucault

What type of relationship do power and knowledge share?

Social Control

• an individual's own sense of right and wrong, decrease the likelihood that one will deviate from social norms.
• individuals conform because an authority figure threatens sanctions if the individual disobeys

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