Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Terms to begin with


Means of production are tools and raw materials. Mode of production is the use of technology and labor organization in the process of production. It is also the methods used to produce for the necessities of life. This is part of the physical and cultural environment where by humans live and work. Forces of production are the environment, technology and population pressure. For this to operate this is closely tied to relations of production. This includes the working organization of the labor process and property relations, i.e. social organization.
Super structure includes the world of ideas.
Begins with skills necessary in the use of technology, design and the
Culture is the sum total of all shared knowledge, learned behavior, patterns of attitudes and perceptions of a people.
Ideology is the openly expressed system of beliefs of a people.
Politics is the use and the distribution of power to implement policy and the struggle to influence those decisions.

Means of production can be expanded from being used by one worker in a workshop attached to a home to many workers working in a mill or factory. By bringing many workers under the control of a central command structure may increase efficiency. With the inclusion of an external source of power in the operation of a complex of machinery this is an important step in the establishment of the factory system of production. Each worker becomes increasingly specialized and has less control over the production process.
See: Marx Capital Vol., I and Weber Economy and Society.
 

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