SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: For Marx, Bourgeoisie, Underemployment

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1000
• Professor: Terry Conlin

Document Summary

Tends to be unpleasant, poor paid and dangerous. Adam smith: an activity requiring the worker to give up his tranquility, freedom and happiness in order to live. Nills anderson: work is the continuous employment in the production of goods and services for remuneration. James ryanheart: any activity that entails the provision of goods and services for others. What you do for a living will determine if you will be healthy, if youll have an education etc Alienated labourer says rhinehart, alienated labour makes us less human, removes from our control from what makes us human, work becomes under the conditions of capitalism, work becomes instrumental. Alienated can be corrected, rhinehart says its bullshit. Under capitalism more and mre people are complelled to make a living with labour production rather than factories that employ them. Development of markets in land,labour, and commodities. Alienation is a consequence of the division of labour.