Monday, February 9, 2009

Class and social status

Weber discusses the concept of class as the following: “..the factor that creates “class” is unambiguously economic interest and indeed, only those interests involved in the existence of the market.” He also defines the concept of “status honor” as: “expressed by the fact that above all else a specific style of life is expected from all those who wish to belong to the circle.” (Applerouth, 2008) If we apply this to present time, is it wrong to assume that everyone who lives on the Westside of town are rich individuals who have good jobs, drive expensive cars and live in big homes? How would Weber explain this?

2 comments:

  1. Not all residents on the Westside have the same lifestyles for example just in the street, houses are not worth the same

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  2. It is definitely wrogn to assume this, simply because social status is achieved in many different ways, there are many expenses that only exist in order for the individuals to express social status, this is achieved by expending to show income or wealth, hich serves as a means to get social status, however, cars are different in the same streets, houses costs differ, cellphones, not all of them can afford to buy material things that would make us think that all of them are rich individuals who have good jobs, drive expensive cars and live in big homes. This thought goes hand to hand with the theory of conspicuous consumption.

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