DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Protestant Work Ethic, Married People, Radical Change
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The 19th century founding fathers of the social science: karl marx: capitalism (chakrabarsi: global look, emile durkheim: religion (historical text and from durkheim himself, max weber: state formation (social-psychological text + one of weber himself) Modernisation: main processes: marx = commodification: money becomes more important market economy. Theories of modernisation: you can buy everything with money, everything has its price. Marx = alienation: first you work was also important for identity as human being. Now we just work for money, nothing else. Class struggle: you had to do it, because you need to survive. We"re part of economic process: lack of control over own life and identity. Durkheim = anomie: first we felt connected to each other through many things. Now we live in a society where there is no connection, we lost the group identity: lack of regulation and norms.
