EAS247H1 Lecture : Lecture 1 - Introduction
15 Dec 2011
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Is not a study of the history of the nation state of japan y y rather a global history of capitalism within japan y studying the specific economic system of capitalism . Form of the commodity y social relations take the form of the commodity y the sale of our ability to work; exchange of labour for wages y human beings and land; the two requirements of this system. Not originally created as commodities, but eventually become them. y welfare state is an expression of the capitalist commodity economy (not a deviation) (kawashima s argument) [welfare] is an accelerator of the capitalist economy (kawashima s argument) y y what is the difference between capital and state y y time is affected by capitalism [**possible relation to weber?] It was created with a lifespan, hence it can eventually end. Therefore, it is a historical mode (and can be replaced!)
