Its uniformity lies in the individual’s quest for his individual interest and in the equal expression of his struggle for conservation. The members of the mass are individuals. but they are easily redirected against weaker competitors and against the most obviously foreign individuals (Jews, foreigners and national minorities). The mass does not claim a new […]
The Private Sphere for Production and Mass Culture
Albert Walton, op. cit., p. 27.and those who model it at once determine the human material to accomplish it. The know-how developed by such a formation makes the personality a means for purposes that perpetuate the human existence understood in an instrumental mode and replaceable in the short term by another instrument of the same […]
The Individual and Mass Are Contradictory Terms Conceptually and Empirically Incompatible
It seems at first obvious first that the individual and mass are contradictory terms conceptually and empirically incompatible. The crowd “is certainly composed of individuals, but of individuals who cease to be isolated, who cease to think. Isolated individuals in a crowd can not help thinking, criticizing emotions. The others, on the other hand, stop […]
The Growing Power of the Device is Not the Only Responsible Influence
However, the growing power of the device is not the only responsible influence. The incorporation of a large section of the opposition into the apparatus (while retaining the title of opposition) has also long contributed to render critical rationality ineffective socially. The history of this process is well known and perfectly illustrated by the development […]
Technological Rationality Also Affects Critical Truth Values.
The standardization of thought under the influence of technological rationality also affects critical truth values. These are torn from their original context and, in their new form, are the object of extensive and sometimes even official publicity. By way of example, proposals which in Europe fell within the exclusive domain of the workers’ movement are […]
Fundamentals of Industrial Psychology
Albert Walton, Fundamentals of Industrial Psychology, New York, …It is true that the force that transforms human actions into a succession of predictable reactions is an external force: the machine imposes on men the patterns of mechanized behavior, and the less competitive the individual becomes, the more the standards of competitive performance are imposed from […]
Mechanisms of Technological Rationality Extend to the Whole Society
The notion of docile efficiency perfectly illustrates the technological rationality structure. Rational thinking is being transformed from a critical force into a force of adjustment and conformity. The autonomy of reason loses its meaning to the same extent that the thoughts, emotions and actions of men are shaped by the technical requirements of a device […]
Improving the Organization and Management of Extension
The free economic subject has rather become the object of a large-scale organization and coordination. Individual achievement has been transformed into standardized performance, with motivations, guidance, and evaluation of the individual’s action being defined by predetermined tasks and functions external to him. The effective individual is one whose action is the adequate response to the […]
Technology and Civilization, Paris, Seuil, …
In this article, technology is understood as a social process in which the technology itself (ie the technical apparatus of industry, transport and communications) is only a partial factor. We will not question the influence of technology on human individuals. This is because men are both an integral part and a factor of technology, not […]
Machines That Facilitate Contact Between People Intercept and Absorb Their Libido
Arnold Thurman, The Folklore of Capitalism, New York, 1941, p.who have been trained to identify their loyalty and loyalty to these same interests. Relationships between men themselves are increasingly mediated by mechanization. However, machines that facilitate contact between people intercept and absorb their libido, diverting it from this too dangerous sphere where men are free […]
Effects of Road on Ecological Conditions
Let’s take a simple example. A man traveling by car over a long distance determines his route by means of a highway map. Cities, lakes and mountains appear as obstacles to be bypassed. The countryside is organized and designed according to highways: what the traveler finds there is no longer a derivative or an annex […]
Communist Manifesto Summary and Analysis
The human individual whom the representatives of the middle-class revolution have consecrated as the ultimate unity and the end of society bore in him values in stark contrast with those which took hold of the society of today. If one tried to gather a single concept the different religious, political and economic currents that forged […]
Web Design and Online Business Development
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Point of side work fun goal setting!
Do you care what kind of person earning a high income by side work? In fact, I think that successful people are working desperately for monthly income UP and allowance UP, but in fact they are not. I can do my best if there is a quantified goal Yes, sub-work works well because you set […]
Tips to Make Good Savings With Side Work
Due to the prolonged recession and the Japanese society’s structure where monthly incomes are hard to rise, the number of people seeking income sources not only for their main business but also for their side jobs has increased in recent years. At present, only a handful of people earn high income such as annual income […]
How to Find an Easy-to-continue Side Job
Due to the prolonged recession, monthly income does not increase easily. Well, why not give up because the economy is bad? This is really the time to get a high income on the side! So, when I was thinking of earning money not only in my main business but also in double income, I do […]
With Net Side Work Which Even Beginner Can Do Easily
If you increase it by 50,000 yen more than the current monthly income … I want to get a higher income and live a life that I can afford … I can not afford to spend my spare time …. Have you ever thought of something like this? But many people just think and don’t […]
How to Study Online Secondary Work
Unlike restaurant and convenience store workers, I do not know whether I can really earn anything by doing secondary work on the net … I am good only to worry about the risk, but always earn a high income if I work properly You can. However, business information on the internet is simply sticky. Work […]