Glossary:
Glossary:
| hyperindustrialism | rationalization | bureaucratization |
| infrastructure | traditional action | pollution |
| depletion | intensification | primary group |
| extended family | nuclear family | secondary organization |
| socialization | industrialization | centralization |
| structure | superstructure | division of labor |
| specialization | alienation | ecology |
Essays:
On your next exam you will be asked to demonstrate that you have read and mastered the course material. You should take the time now to answer the following essay questions to create your study guide for that exam. Address the questions fully and completely in your own words and voice. Prepare your answers now.
According to your professor, what kinds of men and women is our society creating? What personal styles of life does it inculcate and reinforce?
Compare and contrast the technological and ecological world-view.
Short
Answers:
The following short answer questions are from your readings and may well appear on your next exam. Each can be answered with a short paragraph of three or four sentences; please use your own words and voice. You are encouraged to answer these questions now to create your study guide for that exam.
Describe hyperindustrialism.
Why is continued intensification likely in the foreseeable future?
What are the challenges that technology must overcome in future?
What are the possible limits on technological development?
What are the possible limits of primary group decline?
What are the possible limits on the enlargement and centralization of bureaucracy?
"We are both creatures and creators of sociocultural systems." Explain.
What is Weber's "iron cage"?
Vote Murray Hill:
The History of Stuff:
The End:
T. Robert Malthus
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
Bibliography:Elwell, F. W. (1999). The Evolution of the Future. West Port: Praeger.
Elwell, F. W. (1999). Industrializing America: Understanding Contemporary Society Through Classical Sociological Analysis. West Port: Praeger.