SOC102H1 Chapter 4: Reading for Week 5. Book: Sense of Sociability, Chapter: 4

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Karl mannheim (the problem of generations); generation is a social location that has potential to affect ppl"s consciousness. Being born in the same year puts ppl in a common location of history of social process. Members of generation will experience society different from older generations (through 1st hand experiences), subgroups form due to gender and class (generation units); they all share common features. Carry a distinctive language and way of thinking. Youth protests books; eisenstadt and lipset (also us revolutions) Interest in elder not because they"re important" but beg questions as how to deal with their increase in # financially and socially. Each group (old, middle, young) pay attention only to their own lives and concerns. These groups will fight for political attention, etc. And may even form allies with other age groups due to common enemy (old/young against middle aged).

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