Fordism reorganized society and culture, not just production.
Evidence
Postwar Fordism has to be seen, therefore, less as a mere system of mass production and more as a total way of life. Mass production meant standardization of product as well as mass consumption; and that meant a whole new aesthetic and a commodification of culture that many neo-conservatives, such as Daniel Bell, were later to see as 136 Political-economic capitalist transformation Table 2. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 814
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to Jameson’s claim that postmodernism is the cultural logic of late capitalism — Harvey is staging the rival/companion periodization argument here. — connects to: Capitalism becomes a whole form of social life through the superstructures, not just production. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 526; Political power’s differentiation transformed all of society, not just politics. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 767; Capitalist production relations are reproduced socially and ideologically, not just economically (+2 more)
- DEFINE: Defines Fordism as a total way of life rather than merely a production system, keying the book’s thesis about economic-cultural linkage.
Broader Connections
- Capitalism becomes a whole form of social life through the superstructures, not just production.
#corroborates(0.85) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 526 - Capitalist production relations are reproduced socially and ideologically, not just economically
#corroborates(0.78) - Culture operates as a weapon of power in modern society
#corroborates(0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2697 - Political power’s differentiation transformed all of society, not just politics.
#corroborates(0.72) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 767