THREE THINKERS:
MARX: Control of production - exploitation of the controllers over the (victim) controlled
DURKHEIM: Belonging, shared symbols - 2 forms, Mechanical (oneness) Organic (diverse organs)
WEBER: The March of History led from the Age of Enchantment to the Iron Cage. Bureaucracy is the big cage. Capitalism was the result of a new way of thinking.
THREE VIDEOS:
ONE: "Civilization: Is the West History" - two ways of being (mechanical and organic) one emerged from a new WAY OF THINKING
TWO: Gender "He Said, She Said" by Deborah Tannen - two communication style from humans both wanting the same thing (both want group membership and a sense of belonging)
THREE: Being Human video (next week)
YOUR CHALLENGE
IN final paper - can you use these tools to think from, rather than regurgitate someone else's philosophy? Does it help to open your mind to see how you thought about yourself versus how you were (perhaps trained to) think about others? Can you discover any new way of THOUGHT that would ease you out of Weber's Iron Cage?
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