HREQ 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: French Revolution, Class Conflict, Industrial Revolution

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 3010
• Professor: Paul Brienza

Document Summary

Modernity and capitalism: an introduction to the thought of karl marx. He is a critic of modern capitalism. Building upon adam smith and on the basic notions on what capitalism is, how to organize an economic system based on principles similar to what smith talked about; used many of the same tools and types of approaches. Marx is in the middle of the largest industrial boom we have seen in history. Marx was a witness to this fundamental change we need to understand in terms of his significance. Pollution, overpopulation, overcrowding, crime all of these things are developing. In talking of marx we want to gain insight as to what he provided, most of his work 99%, focused on analyzing capitalism: keep this as focus. Who was karl marx: born into a rabbinical jewish family in 19th century germany (born 1818). Dates are important, he lives through this crucial span of time where modern capitalism takes form.