tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399512931845863156.post1897482183931856502..comments2023-04-02T05:34:19.067-07:00Comments on Perspectives on the Individual: The Industrial Revolution and Its Consequences: New Ideas about the SelfGudrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11360514510815451577noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399512931845863156.post-39061658950377234712012-12-16T21:53:59.824-08:002012-12-16T21:53:59.824-08:00It is sad to see that machine is still the control...It is sad to see that machine is still the controlling factor in people’s lives nowadays. We can easily claim that we are slaves of the machine, which ultimately makes us slaves to the corporations, which more or less, dominate the way our world is run today. <br /><br />It is also the bitter truth that these corporations employ cheap labor, were the employees are still exploited, spending long hours performing these repetitive and mindless tasks. Not only have they lost connectedness with the natural world, but the majority of the people around this part of the world have. Technology is replacing nature, cities are becoming overcrowded, and living conditions are declining in some parts of the world.<br /><br />Another interesting point here is the fact about healthy natural lives, and how we have lost harmony with the seasons and natural body rhythms for activity rest and sleep. Instead of living healthy natural lives, we’re so dependent on technologies that we have lost our social skills, and our focus is our portable computers and mobile phones.<br />Manafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218624874310601607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399512931845863156.post-68255427504796403352012-12-12T00:03:17.392-08:002012-12-12T00:03:17.392-08:00Hi Viren, Mariella, and Hyo Jin,
Thanks for your ...Hi Viren, Mariella, and Hyo Jin,<br /><br />Thanks for your interesting comments! I appreciate them!<br /><br />gGudrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360514510815451577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399512931845863156.post-64740163200429657502012-12-07T14:34:48.026-08:002012-12-07T14:34:48.026-08:00During the 1800s, the industrial revolution spread... During the 1800s, the industrial revolution spread throughout Britain. The use of steam-powered machines led to a massive increase in the number of factories. <br /> Previously, I read a novel, Oliver twist, which was written by Charles Dickens. The story is focused on an orphan named Oliver twist. Dickens uses Oliver’s life in the workhouse to point out the flaws in the workhouse system. The children in the book were forced to work long hours and were always left hungry. <br /> In 1800s, more and more machines were brought in factories and with that, the companies needed cheap labor. In this reason, many factories’ workers were children. Sometimes the children started work as young as four or five years old. Factory owners forced them to work long hours and they got very little money for their work. Working conditions were very unhealthy. Most children worked to help their families' survive. <br /> When I read “Oliver twist”, I really felt pity for Oliver’s life. He lived in unsatisfied environment, but he didn’t complain about that. He just wants to people who regard him as a family. Now, the children were protected from those situations by laws. I thought that if Oliver lives in nowadays, his life will be full of happiness instead of fears. <br />hyo jin jeonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15319327141508181585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399512931845863156.post-43434671646929482062012-12-03T12:28:27.346-08:002012-12-03T12:28:27.346-08:00Gudrun,
What interests me about this post is how ...Gudrun,<br /><br />What interests me about this post is how those thinkers that you mention started to think about the human itself and its relations during the century where everything changed. <br />With the Industrial Revolution the human was seeing in a different way. Before that the relations and the human perspective were more based in the feelings of friendship, love and natural resources. People used to work and have their own lives, but the self was more centered in the quality of things and relations, with time do to things and a more laid back life style. After the Revolution people's self had to adapted to the new reality, that was the rush of things, to necessity of making money. The machines transformed the value that the human force had and the work became something automated, where even the human was seeing as a "machine" and not anymore as a "self", with content inside. The relations and the life style changed significantly due to the Industrial Revolution and the traumas, the problems in the human relations and the pain felt for humans increased - there the necessity of he thinkers reflecting about our society and our time. The self was practically abolished from the self itself.<br /><br />~ Mariella.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060781719510937914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399512931845863156.post-67165997186313831452012-10-15T03:08:10.802-07:002012-10-15T03:08:10.802-07:00In, my opinion Sigmund Freud is a inborn genius, w...In, my opinion Sigmund Freud is a inborn genius, who cracked all the secrets behind the psychological behavior of the human mind. Moreover, he focuses on three concepts: Id,Super-ego, and Ego. Id is like a pleasure principle being very impulsive, and childish, which always looks into the prospect of happiness decreasing pain, Super-ego is very judge-mental, and always pushes you to behave in a appropriate manner making you guilty. (Socially aware)Whereas, Ego is like a mediator; reality principles, which makes Id and Superego fight with each other. <br /><br />Freud also talks about the thumb sucking theory, anal theory, and penis- lacking theory. In, which he deeply explains the reasons behind those behavior. As per him thumb licking kids tend to become heavy smokers, alcoholic or get indulge in oral activities in future. Moreover, those kids who have anal personality are more clean or too stingy. Whereas at last he talks about the moms, who lacks penises in reality, thus the female child's attention gradually shifts towards her father from her mom. In, case of boys it is opposite, whereas they are attracted towards their moms. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com