SOSC 1000- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1000
• Professor: Annette Bickford

Document Summary

1848, p. 473-475) this section is taken from (cid:858)the co(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ist ma(cid:374)ifesto(cid:859) on page 93 and talks about the many discoveries made in modern technology because of the bourgeoisie. Berman uses this as an argument to show that the bourgeoisie was being praised by marx. However, this section could also be used as an example of how heavily exploited and overworked the proletarians were. Berman argues that such capitalistic approach is good for the world because it forces innovation. Constant innovation seems like a good idea, especially in a capitalist point of view, but constant forced innovation is different. Forcing constant innovation leads to (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) of the (cid:862)old(cid:863) ideas (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g s(cid:449)ept a(cid:449)a(cid:455) a(cid:374)d repla(cid:272)ed (cid:271)efore the(cid:455) are full(cid:455) (cid:373)astered. Also, many artisans lose their place because their job gets replaced by a machine. The replacement of these artisans may lead to lack of innovation in their department for the future.