SOC 1023 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Week 8
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SOC 1023: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY Week 8 TF: Cresa Pugh
Housekeeping • Section balance—volunteers to move to 5: 45 pm section? • Canvas assignment created for paper submission. Deadline: Friday at noon • Papers will be returned by Friday, April 12
Week 8 key concepts Characteristics of post-industrial transformation (Bell) 1. manufacturing services 2. (semi) skilled labor professionals and technicians 3. property education 4. financial capital human capital 5. technology intellectual technology 6. transportation communication 7. labor theory of value knowledge theory of value
Week 8 key concepts o Veblen • How does use value differ from symbolic value? How are both concepts deployed today? • What are the various ways that people use consumption as an identity marker? o Polanyi • How does a person’s economic life relate to their social life? • What is a “pure” market and what are its threats? o Granovetter • Why are weak ties purportedly more effective than strong ties?
Group exercise Consider your daily routine—in what ways are your actions and decisions guided by capitalism/consumerism? Write down five examples and share them with a partner. Full group discussion: what are some of the ways that we can resist the influence of capitalism/consumerism within our daily lives?