SOCI 1001H Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Bourgeoisie, Class Consciousness, Social Inequality
13 Apr 2017
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1914-1968 (clear divisions between the two spheres) Social changes beginning in the 1968 (blurring divisions between spheres: gender stratification in the public sphere (occupations, gender diversions in the private sphere (domestic) Stratification: a system in which a society rank orders categories of people in a hierarchy. Social inequality: used to describe how certain attributes that are deemed to be valuable are unevenly distrib- uted across social groups. Ascribed status: a social position generally conferred at birth. Achieved status: a social position which is earned on the basis of how well an individual performs a certain role. Karl marx on social class : proletariat = working class, bourgeoisie = capitalist/owning class, [fundamental conflict between their interests] Class consciousness (according to karl marx) develops as the working class/proletariat shifts from being: a class in itself (objective class membership) To becoming: a class for itself (subjective awareness of situation) Max weber: ( class, status, & party ): status.
