POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Class Consciousness, Social Class, Proletariat
22 Apr 2014
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What is a social class : a grouping of people who have similar positions in the economy and related social status. Perspectives on class: marxist perspective/weberian perspective. For weber class was a status associated with culture and prestige: statistical/analytical perspective. We use class to compare ourselves to other countries: objective vs. subjective class perspective (class consciousness) Objectively we can divide certain people into different social classes based on job/18861/etc. People generally do not have a sense of their own class. People who do not identify correctly with their class suffer from flase consciousness: material and institutional stuff leads people to believe they are part of the middle class. Two, three, four, five classes: bourgeoisie and the proletariat, working class, middle class, upper class, nobility, underclass, new middle class. No class politics in canada: common argument in na we are not like europe . Culture: not a strong identification around class. Politics organised around the social and working class.
