SOCIOL 3P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Berlin Wall, Yuppie, Pol Pot
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Specific system of production (mode of production) Way of thinking causes a change in the real world. Scientific philosophical way of thinking about the world. Through science, we can change the world. Idea that we can make a better life for us & future generations rational mind: we develop sciences. Knowledge leads to certitude: physics gives us certain knowledge, knowledge gives us the answers. History as a direction: we are in a better place as compared to the past. Science allows us to control the world & conquer it: create masterpieces that can control the world, progress, created machines, did(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)ays use these (cid:373)achi(cid:374)es for the right purposes. Millions of ppl dying (cid:862)great war(cid:863) military technology used for killing (gas & machine guns) Great depression economic crisis: ppl were starving & out of jobs. Before wwii dominating countries were france , uk, ect. After wwii, a lot of ppl were having sex.
