Capitalist mode of production

Significant Differences in How Civilizations Spread their Influence Civilization entails reorganizing the human society besides transforming social development into what the present people refers to as the most advanced stage. Different nations use several parameters to differentiate levels of civilization into various degrees. Parameters include food, national security, infrastructure, religion, and economic status of a country, education systems, and cultural practices. Therefore, the spread…

to be the most industrialized countries on the planet. The unknown brought anxiety to the people about the industrial life, it was a negative hit for the revolution of hand craftsmanship and pre-capitalist forms for their societies and culture. “So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on: and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die; that is to say, civilization…

dominance since the 16th century has a deep attachment with modernity that helped shaping this rise. Consequently the construction of modernity and its enlargement during the colonial periods has impacted the rapid industrialization, urbanization, and capitalist expansion that characterize the colonized countries today. Thus both colonialism and modernity fundamentally have changed not only the lives of the colonized people, but their cultures. They have been exploited under European profits.…

Avant garde, when used to discuss art practices, generally connotes that which is new, innovative and often at odds with the traditional or pre-prescribed ideas of what art is or should be. Duchamp’s ready-mades with Fountain in particular, is by this (and most) definitions, a piece that comes from the modern, avant garde movement. Much of the work of of the modern, western, avant garde artists attempted to grapple with and break free of the accepted notions of art practice, and as well as…

Several discourse on the subject of the existence of neo-colonialism has attracted several modern and postmodern theorists. One of the common argument among the neo-colonialism intellects of the modern dawn of knowledge is its simplistic nature to say that imperialism came to an end when the European empires relinquished their colonial quest. The darn of this new phenomenon, neocolonialism, is a reason enough the continual manifestation of imperialism in the modern days. Various models and…

In the years of 1929 to 1939 the United States faced the longest and worst economic collapse, known as the Great Depression. During the Great Depression, about fifteen million people were unemployed and suffering. In addition to, almost half the country’s banks have failed during the depression. Also, the stock market crash wiped out millions of investors. This resulted of high suicide rate among investors in the market. The great depression was mainly caused by not having sufficient supply of…

When I was in high school, my teachers were preoccupied with pushing standardized tests and with meeting the school department’s demands. Whether they intended to or not, their lack of thoroughness created knowledge gaps that have hindered my understanding of the world I live in. When I began reading more often, and conducting my undergraduate research, I began learning about the invisible patterns that dictate the way in which our lives end up playing out. Because these patterns are confusing…

For centuries, China has maintained its power and influence by enforcing the system of Feudalism. However, industrial developments, globalization, and exchange of political thought have forced China to reconsider its administration. Historically, China has gone through multiple transitions — through hierarchal feudal state, communist municipal and disciplinary regime. There is one notable unchanging, and static fact— that throughout these platforms, China was never ruled collectively (even…

The term free labour presents commonly in the digital era. In Terranova’s (2004, p73) idea, it is an essential source of value in advanced capitalist societies which is not acknowledged yet. After Web2.0 gradually took the place of Web1.0, numerous digital industries were actively seeking and absorbing user-generated contents to satisfy their commercial needs which mainly contributed by free labourers. The collaboration between unpaid digital labour and digital industries further discovers new…

Harvey believes that scholars that adopt a new theory quickly are vulnerable to use the work in an abusive way that will benefit their own thinking. An example of this misinterpretation can be the work of Lawrence Mead who, like Lewis, was concerned with poverty and how it affects society. In his work “The Logic of Workfare; The Underclass and work Policy” Mead examines the lower class in 1989 and focuses heavily on the number of jobs and their availability to the lower class. This writing is…