SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Thorstein Veblen, Pierre Bourdieu, Conspicuous Consumption

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 2R03
• Professor: Dr.Lina Samuel

Document Summary

Lecture 11 status & prestige (oct 27) Pierre bourdieu (1979), distinction: a social critique of the judgement of taste. The two-income trap: why middle-class mothers and fathers are going broke by elizabeth warren and amelia warren-tyagi (2003) Thorstein veblen (1899) the theory of the leisure class. Conspicuous b/c ppl purchase and consume these items not b/c they need it b/c they want to. Speaks to this idea that we need to consume e. g lulu lemons yogo wear that it glows in the. This plays a key role to reproduction of inequality in capital society. Bourdeu forces us to think about our social positioning, class & gender, and how they continue our inequality in society. Distinction: a social critique of the judgement of taste (bourdieu,1979) Tastes preferences of individuals in different social classes (cid:498)how cultivated disposition and cultural competence(cid:499) are revealed through the consumption of good.