POL 507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Frederick Winslow Taylor, Longwave, Monotheism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 507
• Professor: Robert Marshall

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Pol 507 lecture 3 february 6, 2017: the historical ideational relationship between technology and work, how technology has affected workers, how modern. According to greek mythology, the gods cursed the human race by giving them the need to (cid:862)toil(cid:863) Ancient greeks and romans viewed most forms of work negatively, considering it brutalizing and uncivilized. Gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) this (cid:271)elief, the ruli(cid:374)g (cid:272)lass tur(cid:374)ed their atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) to politi(cid:272)s, to the arts, philosoph(cid:455), warfare, work was left to the slaves. Later monotheist religious and cultural values also placed a not so positive emphasis on work. During the protestant reformation [16th century] ideas about work changed significantly. With the introduction of factory-t(cid:455)pe produ(cid:272)tio(cid:374) [mar(cid:454)"s stea(cid:373) (cid:373)ills for e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple] an older view of work arose again- one that was alienating, but in this case for the workers not for the elites. Workers tried to form associations as a way of protecting their jobs. Workers tried to create political movements caused by the backlash.