SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Class Consciousness
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->things exist because of their functionality (utility in society) ->the functioning mechanism of society must somehow distribute its member in social positions and induce them to perform the duties of society. What determines position rewards: importance of the position, training and talent. ->the structural of every legal order (political community) determines the distribution of power. ->power: the chance of man or a number of men to realize their own will in a communal action even against the resistance of others. ->how do groups form?-->another way to interpret this article. ->shared life chances because of economic interests (many things) ->procession of goods and opportunities for income (property/skills/education) ->represented under conditions of commodity or labor market. ->it"s individual way of thinking about class--not communal. ->no such thing as average lower class, middle class, high class. ->if these things don"t align not a class, according to weber. ->class consciousness, collective action not guaranteed, people have different interests.
