SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pierre Bourdieu, Human Capital, Meritocracy
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Social stratification ii: review of human capital and stratification theory. Soc+: chapter 6 (129-137: pierre bourdieu"s theory of capital. Stratification system: (cid:498)a consequence of collective judgements by which society (cid:523)presumably people in general(cid:524) evaluated the worthiness of a person"s occupational position with regard to its importance or its contribution to the collectivity(cid:499) (cid:523)grabb. Human capital: the abilities, skills, knowledge, and experience that an individual or a group of individuals possesses. Two determinants of occupational ranking: differential functional importance, differential scarcity of personal. Social capital: group based resources, social connection and social networks. Being a part of a powerful group/network of people. Dominant groups use symbols to exercise symbolic violence on minority groups through cultural and symbolic systems (cid:523)ex. (cid:498)race(cid:499) or gender). Patriarchy violates women symbolic, men are better than women, constructs image of women as weaker sex. Idea that all gays are feminine/sissy and slowly incorporate this into their self-image due to this being placed in their minds growing up.
