SOC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: C. Wright Mills, Elite, Class Conflict
1 Jun 2013
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From marx he understood that society was based in class struggle, but he was also inspired by weber and interested in bureaucracy. White collar: physical power, legitimate authority, manipulation (ideological persuasion) Main form of power in 20th century is ideological manipulative. Mills was the first to claim that media is a huge power that contributes to. Interested in role of media as a super structure alienation. White collar alienation: alienation of factory working. Middle class workers have little intellectual stimulation and are alienated from other people. Main character in fight club, he goes crazy. Status panic: means to lose our sense of identity. He thought like marx that society was divided into 2 groups, those who control resources and those who don"t. Marx was interested in how power was becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of the few. Not it is possible for a few people to destroy the entire world, wasn"t the way it always was before.
