SOC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Antonio Gramsci, American Canadian, Meritocracy
17 Mar 2016
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We construct reality both socially and symbolically, however everyone in a society does no participate equally in the construction of social worlds: social stratification: people in different levels of power. Those with more power have more of an impact. American or canadian dream: what is the significance of american/ canadian dream, working hard = power & money. Tenets comprise an ideology of inequality: the dream (tenant) reveals something interesting about how we perceive our current social . Ideologies are ultimately based on persuasion as a form of social power. Once an idea is legitimized, taken for granted it becomes part of the cultural fabric of daily life. The unconscious that make up the structure can be expressed in the concept of hegemonic culture, the dominant culture. Italian sociologist antonio gramsci (1928-1971: hegemony. The achievement and maintaining of rule both by coercion and.
