Sociology 2270A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Culture Industry, Dynamite Entertainment, Critical Theory
15 Jan 2018
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1899 he published his best-k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:449)ork (cid:862)the theor(cid:455) of the leisure class(cid:863) Ve(cid:271)le(cid:374)"s theor(cid:455) for the leisure class: leisure class = a group in society who can maintain a high status without engaging in productive use of his or her time, the basis for the privileged. Their incomes come from land or capital. Suggested that there is a cluster of symbols advertised by this leisure class: includes titles, trophies from the public, degrees / diplomas, awards, manners of evidence of a life of leisure, characteristics of the leisure class. Meant the publicity visible use of non-productive time / conspicuous waste to gain status in society. Earliest form of ownership for the leisure class was that of women (going back perhaps the basic contact and conflict between the predatory class and the industrious class. 1000s of years), the extentition of this lead to slavery which was common in athens greece. The practice of ownership come to property and material things.
