SOC 478 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Juliet Schor, Hamster Wheel, Culture Industry

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 478
• Professor: Graeme Metcalf

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The work situation: according to harold blaunner, the work situation can bring about 4 kinds of deprivation found within alienating working conditions, 1. Powerlessness: regulating work speed and task completion: 2. Meaninglessness: working at producing goods or objects that a worker has little social economic access to luxury cars, for example: 3. Isolation: worki(cid:374)g o(cid:374) (cid:862)the ha(cid:373)ster (cid:449)heel(cid:863: 4. Self-estra(cid:374)ge(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: (cid:449)ork pla(cid:455)s o(cid:374)l(cid:455) a li(cid:373)ited role i(cid:374) a perso(cid:374)"s self ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) Leisure and consumption three trends in contemporary leisure escapes from work based alienation: 1. Home-based: many leisure activities are consumed at home-video games, online communities, hobbies: 2. Entertaining: has increased but more centered at home- for (cid:455)ou(cid:374)g people i(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:455)our (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:272)o(cid:374)do(cid:863) as (cid:455)our (cid:374)e(cid:449) o(cid:449)(cid:374) spa(cid:272)e dou(cid:271)les as a leisure site for e(cid:374)tertai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d presenting (showing off) success: 3. Prestigious leisure: committed enthusiasts join networks of the like-minded in high end communities such as yoga class. Juliet schor: the overwork thesis (1991): the real problem confronting contemporary society.