SOC 369 Lecture 2: 2.6.19 Lecture 2

• School: Princeton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 369
• Professor: Timothy Nelson

Document Summary

We can think of class subjectively or objectively. Objective: you view people and you categorize them. Historical survey of conceptions of social class. When conditions are such that this conception appeals to one class and its interests. Societies in which one class oppresses and exploits another, concealing the existence of other groups. 3 ways to look at the intermediary class. Marx: diametrically opposed classes are more important, middle class is less important, diametrically opposed classes are basic classes. Classes = ordered according to single, measurable characteristic. Ordering according to more than one criteria, some of which may compensate for lack of others. Production system social relationships between those involved in the production process. Classes emerge were relations of production involve a division of labor in which minority group appropriates surplus production at expense of majority of producers. Classes = constituted by relationships of groups to the ownership of private property in the means of production.