Sociology 2240E Final: Survey of Sociological Theory Exam Notes - All Lectures
16 Jan 2012
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Social systems: contributions y majority of parsons work focused on structural functionism y every member of society fulfills 4 functional imperatives: adaption, goal attainment, latency. Theory of hegemony y gramsci explained why a workers revolution never occurred in the advanced capitalist. In this respect, almost any cultural feature of people s lives can, under the right circumstances, be applied to an explanation of achievement/underachievement: 3 types of cultural capital: embodied capital: dispositions of the body to behave in certain ways. objectified capital: cultural objectives that distinguish their owner as a member of a certain class (paintings, recorded music, and machines) This power may be dispensed without words, using physical symbols and behaviours (such as looking down on someone: symbolic capital engenders a sense of duty and inferiority in others who look up to those who have that power.
