GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Pierre Bourdieu, Social Capital, Bowling Alone
Document Summary
Culture is s set of values, norms, and beliefs. Culture can exist outside of you, but you play a key role in actively being a part of that culture. A culture that is linked to a place. Most places around the world have an attached culture. But that culture can exist anywhere in the world. You relate either to your culture, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, location, involvement. It often has to do with a tie to a certain location or community. In the late 19th century there was an evident division of social relations. He established a framework for how people related to on another in urban life: gemeinschaft (community): togetherness, primarily organized around the family, relationships are bound by trust. Discipline takes place informally in a family or private setting. A function of a rural setting: gesellschaft : direct response into a modern urbanized capitalist society. Relationships were characterized by formal, impersonal, individual and institutional relations.
