The Effects of Modernization

There are many theories about the cause of modernization and the reasons we change with it. I believe that we are a society of free thinkers who are hungry for knowledge. The smarter we become the more we will change the world around us for good or bad. The future of modernization is only limited by our imaginations. Modernization is the process of social changes that began in Europe with the start of the industrial revolution and spread to the United States. This put us on the path of social changes that transformed in to the modern society that we live in today. Modernization promoted a more balanced and logic worldview as tradition loses its hold and people increase their individualization. The trends that encompass modernization are urbanization, secularization, bureaucracy and developments in technology. Karl Marx had the theory the industrial revolution was a communist revolution. He agree with other theories by Tonnies and Durkheim when it came to the brake down of small communities and the division of labor and the rational world view as Weber had. In my perception of Marx theory is that the rich and powerful use bureaucracy and capitalism to shape society until conflict changes the face of capitalism. I believe in America capitalism is still alive and well when the wealthy can shape politics to conform to their ideals. "The philosophers," claims Karl Marx himself, "have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point however is to change it." This argument fully reveals the basic ethos of Marxist philosophy. To interpret the world is to change it and realize human emancipation. Accordingly, the world can be better interpreted only through the praxis of changing it. (Tieying, 2000) According to the interpretation of Marx theory by Li Tieying a president of the Chinese Academy of Social Science, Marx theory is meant to change as globalization, technology, and industrialization changes from generation to generation. Marx believed