Культура Частной Собственности (КЧС) - мудрость, знания, богатство

Proverbs 24

3. Through wisdom is a house builded; and by understanding it is established;

4. And by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

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President Obama in Tallinn today:

It was not the government of Kiev that destabilized eastern Ukraine. It’s been the pro-Russian separatists who are encouraged by Russia, financed by Russia, trained by Russia, supplied by Russia and armed by Russia. And the Russian forces that have now moved into Ukraine are not on a humanitarian or peacekeeping mission. They are Russian combat forces with Russian weapons in Russian tanks.

Now, these are the facts. They are provable. They’re not subject to dispute.

Let’s also be clear where we stand. Just as we refuse to accept smaller European nations being dominated by bigger neighbors in the last century, we reject any talk of spheres of influence today. (Applause.) And just as we never accepted the occupation and illegal annexation of the Baltic nations, we will not accept Russia’s occupation and illegal annexation of Crimea or any part of Ukraine. (Applause.)

Good courses on Sociology from UC Berkeley

Sociology 101, 001 - Fall 2013
https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/sociology-101-001-fall-2013/id703885884?mt=10

Sociology 102, 001 - Spring 2014
https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/sociology-102-001-spring-2014/id804533115?mt=10


In the beginning of Lecture 2014-03-06 Burawoy gives a summary of modernity (according to Michel Foucault):

Division of Labor
Contracts
Juridical Equality
Political Rights of Individuals
Science

House of Power - the Dark Side (Institutions characterized by Disciplinary Power)

Долгосрочный эффект реформы еврейского обучения 2000 лет назад

В журнале mi3ch увидел очередное обсуждение вопроса, "почему евреи такие умные?"

10 лет назад в экономической литературе был получен ответ: реформа религиозного обучения в 1-м веке нашей эры.

Our thesis is that the occupational selection of the Jews was the outcome of the widespread literacy prompted by a religious and educational reform in the first century ce, which was implemented in the third to the eighth century. We present detailed information on the implementation of this religious and educational reform in Judaism based on the Talmud, archeological evidence on synagogues, the Cairo Geniza documents, and the Responsa literature. We also provide evidence of the economic returns to Jewish religious literacy.[1]

Наверное, генетика тут тоже играет роль, потому что в IQ есть наследуемый компонент, но полторы-две тысячи лет систематического образования создают механизм отбора и огромный потенциал для долгосрочного развития.


1. MARISTELLA BOTTICINI and ZVI ECKSTEIN (2005). Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions, or Minorities?. The Journal of Economic History, 65, pp 922-948. doi:10.1017/S0022050705000355.

Культура Частной Собственности (КЧС) - собственность

Job 1

8 And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil?'

9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said: 'Doth Job fear God for nought?

10 Hast not Thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions are increased in the land.

11 But put forth Thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.'

12 And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand.' So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

В качестве аналогии: Ленин-Сталин в России и Мао в Китае занимались делом Сатаны в своих странах.

Культура Ада и Культура Рая

- Бунт в раю и бунт в аду имеют одну и ту же форму, но совершенно различны по последствиям.
- Почему?
- Потому что бунтовщики имеют доступ к тем же самым инструментам, что и те, против кого они бунтуют (притеснители). В аду, бунтовщикам достаточно поменяться местами с притеснителями, чтобы коренным образом улучшить свое положение.
- А в раю?
- В раю бунтовщики должны либо сами придумать себе новое занятие, либо заставить притеснителей сделать это за них. Но поскольку в раю никого заставлять нельзя, то бунтовщикам и притеснителям приходится работать вместе для создания новой структуры производства "счастья".
- Ну и что?
- А то, что структура ада имеет тенденцию к стагнации, а структура рая - к развитию.

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A good quote from Foucault; need to find a fitting context for it.

In fact, the shift from a criminality of blood to a criminality of fraud forms part of a whole complex mechanism, embracing the development of production, the increase of wealth, a higher juridical and moral value placed on property relations, stricter methods of surveillance, a tighter partitioning of the population, more efficient techniques of locating and obtaining information: the shift in illegal practices is correlative with an extension and a refinement of punitive practices. - Discipline and Punish.