COMS 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bourgeoisie, Gustave Le Bon, Ambivalence

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Communication and Media Studies
• Course: COMS 2003
• Professor: Ira Wagman

Document Summary

Lecture 3: modernity and its discontents: 1840 and 1920: the transition from traditional to modern society, 2 of the most potent critics of modern society: karl marx and sigmund freud. Focus on the costs of this transition: marx and freud = the buzzkill of communications and technology . The transition: villages; people pretty much knew everyone in that village. Family was of central importance for chores and farming. Communication and information in the village was transferred from one person to another (e. g. a powerful person would start the travel of information and it would pass through the villagers. ) Most currency was based on trade: period between approximately 1840 and 1920 cease significantly major transformations such as: Several revolutions (e. g. the industrial revolution; making mass production possible; inventions such as steam and coal and electricity change the way transportation happens; information can move from place to place in ways that it couldn"t before. )