PSCI 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Malthusian Trap, Protestant Reformation, Industrial Revolution
30 Jan 2019
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Possible midterm question steinmo suggested in lecture that ideas,institutions and interests are very important for why britain,,,, clark argues more about evolutionary process, which f these perspectives do you think is the most valid and why. Excess population would stop growing due to shortage of food supply leading to starvation. Why was there so little change before the industrial revolution. People accepted their lives as they were- no drive to change. Steinmo theory is people believed individually that people had some agency over their situation- something to do with rise of monotheistic religions. The pre modern world (meaning of life) The meaning of life is where god takes it. Duty of the individual and society to help the oppressed. Steinmo believes there was a cognitive connection between everyone is equal before god and the fact that all people then think they should be able to progress in the world. Faith dictates a great deal about life.
