Sociology 2271A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ethnography, Egalitarianism

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2271A/B
• Professor: Katherine Pendakis

Document Summary

She became of age during quiet revolution. The (cid:858)(cid:449)ay(cid:449)a(cid:396)d(cid:859) stude(cid:374)ts of bou(cid:396)dieu pose t(cid:449)o p(cid:396)i(cid:373)a(cid:396)y c(cid:396)iti(cid:395)ues: need more pluralism: I(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:859)s c(cid:396)itical capacities: fields, need to consider morality in our theories of status. Normative project: q: (cid:862)what can be done to ensure that a larger proportion of the members of our society can be defined as valuable? (cid:863) Dignity of working men (2000: inductive: based on 150 interviews with working-class men, comparative: us & france, cultural materialist: analyzes interviews in relation to, cultural discourses, structural elements of a society. French workers are less likely to use economic capital/status to evaluate themselves and others. American workers use eco(cid:374)o(cid:373)ic capital/status, a(cid:374)d diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t (cid:373)et(cid:396)ics . Proximity to vice ability to control themselves. Work ethic self-reliance keeping your word resilience in the face of financial difficulties: more likely found among american workers. Generosity & altruism sociability & warmth of relations found in french workers.