AN324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Microsociology, Cultural Capital, Existentialism
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October 29, 2013: 1930-2002, french sociologist, influenced by marxism, french structuralism, existentialism, phenomenology and ethnomethodology, distinction: a social critique of the judgment of taste, best known book, argues that judgments of taste are related to social position. No progression in the ranks: stuck with the class you"re born into. Differences in cultural capital mark the differences between the classes : developing an aesthetic to these dispositions is marked by social origin. Engrained patterns based on social class: if you like tongue for example, it reflects your position in society. Perspective which treats social phenomena as things. Social life is explained by deep causes which lie outside consciousness: subjectivism. Perspective which reduces the social world to the representations agents make of it. Understanding of social reality is based on the common sense thinking of people living their daily lives in their social world: don"t need to choose between the two perspectives, both of them contribute to society.
