SA 100W Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Thesis Statement, Proletariat, Crass

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 100W
• Professor: John Bogardus

Document Summary

Analyzing social class: naiman text: proceed with your reading of chapter 5, Naiman"s chapter 5, analyzing social class, is relatively short but quite challenging. It draws our attention to an issue that lies at the centre of her analysis: the relationship between the capitalist class what she refers to in somewhat dated terminology as the bourgeoisie and the working class the. Proletariat. however, she acknowledges that class is a concept whose signiicance many of us fail to grasp and whose deinition is highly contentious. I substantially agree with joanne naiman"s argument that all people who work for a wage or a salary can be understood to be part of the working class. Working people who occupy relatively privileged positions in terms of these status diferences often consider themselves and are considered by others to be part of the middle class. Likewise, owners of small farms and small businesses are typically seen to be part of the middle class as well.