SOCY 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Petite Bourgeoisie, The Communist Manifesto, Deskilling
21 Jan 2017
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Socy 336 lecture # 3 (week 2) Last time: what is work", origins of industrial capitalism, canada"s industrialization. Song: waterboy odetta, traditional song about slave labour type of song they sing when they are in the field. Outline: historical theoretical perspectives on work. Adam smith (1723-1790): capitalism = prosperity. Observing the changes of emergence of industrial capitalism around the time of industrial revolution. Productivity is linked to prosperity the more specialized the hobs become, the more efficiently enterprises can have increased productivity: competition. Competition between individuals and enterprises viewed it as good for economic growth and productivity: division of labour. Negative impact of exploitation and alienation he warned them: invisible hand of market. They did four previous jobs before this one and they will be fired if they don"t succeed in this one. Alienation between worker and product: adam smith: one person could produce 20 pins a day, but after dividing up the tasks,
