SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Oxymoron, Classical Liberalism, Bourgeoisie
1 Dec 2013
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The great transformation is about the change from traditional society to modern society. Bell sees the great transformation as the development of mass production, the buying on credit, emphasis on invocation of transportation and communication. & the ability for people to become more alike. To break tradition with ideals such as youth culture and romantic love is bell"s. Disembedded, self-regulating free market economy leads to modernity. The economy becomes a separate entity, disembedded from society. Labour become a commodity, where things are bought and sold in economy. Children become factors of production, which are bought and paid for by capitalist who want to maximize their wealth. E. p thompson argues during this transition there was. Aristrocracy: tory radicals and compassionate traditionalist, for most liberals this is an oxymoron. (thompson refers to these as the paternalist model) Burke was influenced by max weber, 1905, the protestant ethic & the spirit of capitalism. The british empire was the largest empire in history.
