SOCB42H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Capital Accumulation, Statism, Liquor Control Board Of Ontario

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1 Jun 2012
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January. 24. 2012: spirit of capitalism, protestant ethic- a branch of christianity that emerged as an attack against protestantism, pe + sc, religious rejections of the world; this world we live in is nothing, the higher world is everything. Less of a book more of an essay: it beautifully connects things that seemingly don"t relate. Intense protestant ethic vs. harsh, cold, calculated rationality of capitalism. He called it spirit of capitalism b/c of the subjected meaning. He needs to understand it structurally but more importantly what animates its drive. Played dolly parton"s song 9-5 (all you do is get up and go to work for someone else) Creates a spirit of the concept of capitalism. =one single, large bet/ is only done by a few giants). Ideal (modern didn"t appear among the richest ppl, small towns in america) vs. material (ppl who hated working) 1) mostly poor ppl created capitalism 2) this modern work ethic was historically considered bad.

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