The culture of social development, in general, and that of economical one, in particular, at least in its modern meaning, has its origin in the structural definition of industrialized society. The writer of this essay aims at introducing a short reflexion in which it is possible to distinguish two opposing tendencies that are always crossed each other on the way of western modernity and have characterized the industrial development logic, that is both a capitalistic production system and a development based on protectionist controls. In the first case, the industrial process, promoted primary by the enlightened middle classes, at the beginning and during the second revolution at the end of the 19th century , has never met the environmental resistances depth, favouring a materialistic conception of production based on exploitation of available resources, involving the human ones. So doing, it has followed a utilitarian logic, aiming at a market economy which has become, in the 29th century the main historical reference subject. In the second case, a conservative culture, even if has shared the industrial production development, has tried to impose a production rationalization, connected to needs. These two tendencies and others, which are not the object of this research, have been the expression of a modernity culture that during two centuries of industrial development have attracted the attention, but at the same time, have also originated controversies.

La dimensione culturale dei differenti modelli di sviluppo.The Cultural Dimension of Different Development Models

AMMATURO, Natale
2008-01-01

Abstract

The culture of social development, in general, and that of economical one, in particular, at least in its modern meaning, has its origin in the structural definition of industrialized society. The writer of this essay aims at introducing a short reflexion in which it is possible to distinguish two opposing tendencies that are always crossed each other on the way of western modernity and have characterized the industrial development logic, that is both a capitalistic production system and a development based on protectionist controls. In the first case, the industrial process, promoted primary by the enlightened middle classes, at the beginning and during the second revolution at the end of the 19th century , has never met the environmental resistances depth, favouring a materialistic conception of production based on exploitation of available resources, involving the human ones. So doing, it has followed a utilitarian logic, aiming at a market economy which has become, in the 29th century the main historical reference subject. In the second case, a conservative culture, even if has shared the industrial production development, has tried to impose a production rationalization, connected to needs. These two tendencies and others, which are not the object of this research, have been the expression of a modernity culture that during two centuries of industrial development have attracted the attention, but at the same time, have also originated controversies.
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