Modern Industrial civilization
Modern Industrial civilization refers to a society characterised by machine based industrial production and energized by fossil fuels. Modern civilization is a well organized social system with complex structure of police, army, civil service, agriculture, business, industry, education, means of communication, telecommunications, mass media, medicine, engineering, science, commerce, defense arrangements and so on.
The facilities of printing and publication have made possible the spread of modern culture all over the world and now we can find a common kind of ethos because of the free exchange of ides and writings, which the printing press and mass media have made possible.
The present society that we live in examplifies industrialism. Modern civilization is different from pre-industrial society which was mainly an agrarian one. Modern society evolved from technological innovations and discovery of dense fossil fuels, which resulted in development of large-scale energy and metallurgy production.
The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic, and cultural conditions that occurred in the late 18th century and early 19th century in some Western countries. It began in western Europe and spread throughout the world, a process that continues till today as modernization. The onset of the Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in human social history.
The facilities of printing and publication have made possible the spread of modern culture all over the world and now we can find a common kind of ethos because of the free exchange of ides and writings, which the printing press and mass media have made possible.
The present society that we live in examplifies industrialism. Modern civilization is different from pre-industrial society which was mainly an agrarian one. Modern society evolved from technological innovations and discovery of dense fossil fuels, which resulted in development of large-scale energy and metallurgy production.
The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic, and cultural conditions that occurred in the late 18th century and early 19th century in some Western countries. It began in western Europe and spread throughout the world, a process that continues till today as modernization. The onset of the Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in human social history.
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Then what is civilization? That is also said, tapo divyam putraka yena suddhyet sattvam [SB 5.5.1]. This is Rsabhadeva's instruction to His sons. "My dear boys, this life, this human form of life, is not meant for wasting like hogs and dogs, but tapasya, just have little restraint, self-control. Don't become hogs and dogs." |
Industrial revolution is the successor to an agricultural revolution. Much of the pre-industrial world was based on simple life of subsistence farming. For example, in medieval Europe, 80% of the labor force was employed in subsistence agriculture and more so in other parts of the world.
Some salient features of industrial civilization are:
i) Amassing symbols of status
ii) Fear and suspicion of the other, both on individual and national level.'
iii) Fascination with new and shiny
Some salient features of industrial civilization are:
i) Amassing symbols of status
ii) Fear and suspicion of the other, both on individual and national level.'
iii) Fascination with new and shiny
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They civilize what’s pretty |
