HIST 130 Lecture : HISt 130 - Week 9 (part 2) - Theories of Modernity
9 Oct 2011
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Content similar, but style is different: 1937 picasso. Economics: adam smith (1723-90, karl marx (1818-1883) Middle class get wealth from workers (modern) Oath (old) written/contract (modern: markets, authority in deals. Life (old) lifestyle/switching religions (modern: miracles (old) science (modern, disenchantment and rationalization, polytropy (old) monotheistic religions (modern) Energy: 1900 5 times energy as 1800, 2000 90 times energy as 1800. Work: meaning to life salary (consumption enabler. Household: production: household job/market, consumption: household household, socialization: household school, where you work, etc. 1800 20% of murder rates compared to 1200. 2000 10% of murder rates compared to 1200: state = monopoly on violence (weber) Demography (population: death rates: europe (slowly decrease), rest of the world (sudden decrease from medicine, birth rates: europe (sudden decrease), rest of the world (slowly decrease, overall population: europe (decrease), rest of the world (increase) Buildings: buildings becoming smaller until late modernity where they become bigger.
