Industrialism is machinery-based production affecting far more than factories

Evidence

Industrialism presupposes the regularised social organisation of production in order to coordinate human activity, machines, and the inputs and outputs of raw materials and goods. Industrialism should not be understood in too narrow a sense—as its origin in the “Industrial Revolution” tempts us to do. That phrase conjures up an imagery of coal and steam power and of large, heavy machinery clanking away in grubby workshops and factories. No less than to such situations, the notion of industrialism applies to high-technology settings where electricity is the only power source, and where electronic microcircuits are the only mechanised devices. Industrialism, moreover, affects not only the workplace but transportation, communication, and domestic life. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 151

Categorization

• DEFINE: Giddens broadens industrialism beyond steam and coal to all machine-coordinated production — a definition that applies as much to the domestic management of Darlington Hall as to factories.
• XREF: connects to: Technicalization in advanced societies affects every functional subsystem; Industrialism’s communication technologies shaped humanity’s global self-awareness — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 190; Prison disciplined workers for industrial capitalism — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 115 (+4 more)

Related

• The Industrial Revolution transformed social organization of work, not just technology (similarity 0.81)
• Industrialism’s communication technologies shaped humanity’s global self-awareness (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Industrialism’s communication technologies shaped humanity’s global self-awareness #exemplifies (0.70) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 190
• Technicalization in advanced societies affects every functional subsystem #expands (0.60)
• Prison disciplined workers for industrial capitalism #exemplifies (0.60) — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 115