Part Three: Transformation to Urban Industrial Capitalism

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#26 Transformation and Western Social Science

We need to ask and understand what are the necessary conditions for a society to transform itself so that it can industrialise? This question is perhaps one of the critical issues of history. In this blog, I examine what transformation entails for society and what conditions are necessary for this to occur. The components needed for transformation include the following occurring more or less simultaneously: 1. The reformation of ideas. Everywhere old ideas, in particular, religious frameworks are challenged…

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