POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - German Idealism, Class Conflict, For Marx

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The rise of the west and marxism (modernity) ways of understanding the r ise of the west, when we speak of the west we speak of the economic advancement that took place in the area around belgium, the netherlands, & great britain (north-west t riangle) origins of the modern world economy we speak of two revolutions: agricultural and industrial (twin revolutions 16-19th centuries) no political regimes were overthrown, big changes in economic life occurred (use of the word revolution metaphorical) agricultural revolution took place over a very long period of time, refers to radical changes. ex. raw cotton processed in british factories. amount of iron processed into steel in english factories = produced huge changes in domestic consumption pattern. luxuries came to be seen as necessities and necessities mere. we now see a surplus; mass productions in products (soap, furniture, beer) people didn"t have seasonal changes in fashion.

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