POLSCI 3CC3 Study Guide - Instrumental And Value Rationality, List Of Marvel Comics Characters: D, The Affluent Society

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 3CC3
• Professor: Catherine Frost

Document Summary

Difference between our lives and people in the mid 19th century. Population shift; flooded out of countryside and into cities; they were cramming them into buildings. Marx didn"t expect that the middle class would appear. Didn"t think capitalists would come up with the welfare state; we ended up with a world that is comfortable; for freedom from want. More control over our lives, more material comfort, more autonomy. Life was straightforward back then, we have choices now; cars, living areas, careers. We"ve done a lot better of this era; revolution didn"t happen because we had a good handle on this . Marcuse argues yes we have a more comfortable and productive society that can produce enough to meet material needs of all society. System of domination more than marx"s era; more grim picture. One of the first freedoms we give up is freedom of thought; it becomes irrational to question the society.