SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Antonio Gramsci, Economic Globalization, Reductionism
23 Sep 2016
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Social strati cation: relatively- xed hierarchical arrangement and classi cation of people into groups based on shared socio-economic conditions. Make economic and political relations less vertically hierarchical and more atly distributed. The 2011 occupy movement raised awareness about unjust income disparities in canada. Social inequality: the long-term existence of signi cant di erences among social groups in access to goods and services. Video is pre- nancial crash, when "social class" was a taboo topic. Power in in uence the public and political processes. Social class is relational: re ects one"s relation to the means of production (marx) A shared sense of common membership and purpose. Class consciousness: awareness of what is in the best interests of one"s class. False consciousness: the belief that something is in one"s best interests, when in fact it is not. Marx: workers had a false consciousness (through religion - prevents ability to see their own exploitation)
