SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Seven Deadly Sins, Wage Labour
Document Summary
European powers were trying to catch up with england but no one knew the formula for capitalist production. Germans created a set of incentives and system to encourage capitalist investment -> rapid industrialization, caught up with britain. People thrown out of farms and forced to move to cities. Conflict on the level of popular opinion. The catholic church took a stance against capitalism. Capitalism represents the first of the 7 deadly sins- greed. Capitalism is the embodiment of the human capacity of evil. Capitalism cares about nobody- just like the jews . Just because there"s no evidence doesn"t mean it"s not true . Weber says that in some ways the enemies of the capitalism are right that there is a difference between the attitude of capitalists and the people that came before. A mental attitude and way of thinking. Materialist explanation may not be enough always. Ideal interests- interests that we have as humans that go beyond material interests.
