SOCI 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thorstein Veblen, Conspicuous Consumption, Naimans
29 Apr 2015
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Ideology has several components: assumptions, ideas, values. Made up: class consciousness of objective and subjective components. the shared interests one has with others in the same place". Understanding one has of one"s place in the class structure and of: weber disagrees class (socioeconomic status), status (prestige) and power. Our social ranking, the position we occupy in society based on a variety of (how much influence do you have) Status factors (achieved, ascribed) a given society] that carries particular characteristics: middle-class. According to naiman is a status category [a place held by an individual in: owning class > depending on our point of view we could see as a status or as a class. An item, object, practice, style that is taken to be indicative of a position. Status symbols are marketed to us highlighting the shifting quality of social meaning and symbolism. Conspicuous consumption of the leisure class: thorstein veblen.
