SOC202H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Culture Industry, Class Conflict, Meritocracy
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Lecture 3: culture and meaning may 17, 2016. Suggest that there"s some sort of reflection between the social world and cultural objects. Close-fit assumption the meaning of cultural objects mirrors the social world. An assumption that all social phenomena are related to class conflict. Exploitation use of proletariats by bourg to make money. Social world influenced culture materialist view. Material reality --> how we make a living. Diagram: base = social world; superstructure = ideas of the ruling class / cultural objects. Bourg organize society so as to protect themselves. He noticed that in reality there wasn"t much actual day-to-day conflict; for the most part there was acceptance of inequality. People just take for granted that inequality is just a natural part of society. Theory: notion of hegemony --> ways that control and power go unrecognized bc they seem so natural.
