{"id":4768,"date":"2015-02-05T22:35:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T03:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/?p=4768"},"modified":"2016-02-01T14:05:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T19:05:48","slug":"socialist-opinions-in-an-industrial-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/quallsk\/2015\/02\/05\/socialist-opinions-in-an-industrial-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Socialist Opinions in an Industrial Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Owen<\/p>\n<p>Author<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Owen<\/li>\n<li>English cotton manufacturer<\/li>\n<li>\u201cUtopian\u201d socialist and workers\u2019 rights advocate<\/li>\n<li>Headed England\u2019s Revolutionary Trades Union movement in 1830s<\/li>\n<li>Worked in America\/England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Context<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Industrial Revolution is booming<\/li>\n<li>Working conditions are not good and there are few laws in place to protect them<\/li>\n<li>In United States, President Andrew Jackson defunded Second Bank of U.S. on March 28 (much to many peoples\u2019 disapproval)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Language<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Negative opinion on the flaws of the system<\/li>\n<li>Persuasive with extended flowery (yet still understandable) language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Audience<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Literate upper\/middle class<\/li>\n<li>Voters, landowners, business owners (people of everyday influence)<\/li>\n<li>Great Britain\u2019s people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Intent<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain why the current system is so flawed<\/li>\n<li>Incite change in a bloodless revolution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Message<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unite as Consolidated Union<\/li>\n<li>By holding a strong moral influence, help man reach its full potential outside the evil grasps of the current flawed system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Karl Marx<\/p>\n<p>Author<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Karl Marx<\/li>\n<li>Wealthy middle class<\/li>\n<li>When this was published he was working as the editor to a paper in Paris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Context<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Industrial Revolution<\/li>\n<li><em>Very<\/em> poor conditions for workers<\/li>\n<li>France during the July Monarchy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Language<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Very philosophical\u2026 breaks down each basic element and defines\/redefines to reach a certain conclusion<\/li>\n<li>Rational<\/li>\n<li>Easy to understand and follow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Audience<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Workers<\/li>\n<li>Lower classes of Paris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Intent<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reach the workers and convince them of a socialist system where they are not devalued<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Message<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Political economy based on greed and competition<\/li>\n<li>Workers are objectified, estranged, and treated poorly in a system based on greed<\/li>\n<li>People are alienated from their products by the system which contradicts their nature<\/li>\n<li>Private property causes this estrangement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon<\/p>\n<p>Author<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon<\/li>\n<li>Scientist, businessman, and theorist<\/li>\n<li>Writing had more influence after his death<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Context<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>France under Napoleon\u2019s constitutional monarchy<\/li>\n<li>Industrial rev with poor working conditions and a lot of angry, hungry workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Language<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emotional and persuasive<\/li>\n<li>Many questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Audience<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working class and middle class<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Intent<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Offer an opinion against laissez-faire economics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Message<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal and social interests do not always coincide, which is why laissez-faire economics don\u2019t always work<\/li>\n<li>Those at the top become corrupted while those at the bottom suffer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Owen Author Robert Owen English cotton manufacturer \u201cUtopian\u201d socialist and workers\u2019 rights advocate Headed England\u2019s Revolutionary Trades Union movement in 1830s Worked in America\/England Context Industrial Revolution is booming Working conditions are not good and there are few laws &hellip; 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