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Sociologist: Some people argue that capital punishment for theft was an essential part of the labor discipline of British capitalism. Critics of such a view argue that more people were executed for theft in preindustrial England than were executed in England after industrialization. But such a criticism overlooks the fact that industrialization and capitalism are two very different social phenomena, and that the latter predated the former by several centuries.
Which one of the following most accurately describes the role played in the passage by the point that capitalism and industrialization are distinct?
First identify the point that states capitalism and industrialization are distinct :
the fact that industrialization and capitalism are two very different social phenomena, and that the latter predated the former by several centuriesThis point contradicts the statement :
Critics of such a view argue that more people were executed for theft in preindustrial England than were executed in England after industrialization.These
Critics oppose the statement :
Some people argue that capital punishment for theft was an essential part of the labor discipline of British capitalism.Prethinking - Thus, it
opposes the
critics of the view that
capital punishment for theft was an essential part of the labor discipline of British capitalism.Looking carefully at the options keeping in mind our prethinking.
(A) It is cited as some
evidence against the claim that capital punishment for theft was an essential part of the labor discipline of British capitalism - NO
(B) It is cited as a direct
contradiction of the claim that capital punishment for theft was an essential part of the labor discipline of British capitalism - NO
(C) It is an attempt to
conclusively prove the claim that capital punishment for theft was an essential part of the labor discipline of British capitalism - This is tempting. But it does not
prove this claim. It contradicts the critics of this claim.
(D) It is cited as a fact
supporting the critics of the view that capital punishment for theft was an essential part of the labor discipline of British capitalism - NO
(E) It is an attempt to
undermine the criticism cited against the claim that capital punishment for theft was an essential part of the labor discipline of British capitalism - YES. That's Correct.