SOC281H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pierre Bourdieu, Working Class Culture, Paul Dimaggio
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Chapter 1 & 2 class & inequality. Paul dimaggio: review essay on pierre bourdieu. Max weber: distribution of power within the community. In your readings on bourdieu you will learn that bourdieu drew upon classic sociological theory, especially the work of durkheim, marx, and weber. One key element in bourdieu is treating classes as status groups in weber"s sense. You will understand bourdieus paper, which is modest in length and quite easy to read. The translation uses weber"s original term for status groups, that is. Stande, but other work in english (including mcmullin) uses the term status group , so we will also. The central topic of sociology, because the most important for both individual well being and for the structure of society as a whole. The fundamental inequality: differences in life chances discussed extensively in weber a person"s chances of satisfying their needs and wishes, material and non-material.