ANTHR-130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Pierre Bourdieu, Bourgeoisie, World-Systems Theory
14 Jun 2020
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An economic system based on the private ownership and control of the means of production and in which the goal of production and exchange is not to satisfy needs but to generate profits. People that did not own the means of production. Struggle - the relationship between these classes. Because of fundamental opposite interests between the 2 classes. The only way for the property-less class to have power/a say is to band together - Neither the capitalist class nor the property-less class. Usually referred to middle level executives, lawyers, administrators. His definition didn"t pay attention to power and prestige. Concert violinist vs. plumber - violinist is more prestigious. How we "live" our class is in our bodies. Colonialism (expansion of european over the world) Periphery -> resources -> semi-periphery -> core -> goods -> semi-periphery. Semi-periphery -> resources -> core -> goods -> semi-periphery -> periphery. Countries with greatest economic power, highest level of industrialization and capital accumulation.
