PATTERNS AND TRENDS = POSTMODERNISTS Flashcards
1
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what does postmodernists argue about social class?
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- class is losing its significance in contemporary society
- older theoruiest no longer relevant
2
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what does Pakulski and Malcolm argue ?
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- in advance capitalist societies people are now stratified by cultural rather than economic differences. people see themselves much more as individual’s than as part of a social class.
3
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what does Beck argue?
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- class conflicts of early industrial society concerned the distribution of wealth because many were in poverty but in modern societies its advanced and their materials have increased
- risks affect everyone rich and poor
- people have become an individual
4
Q
who used the term risk society
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Beck
5
Q
explain risk society
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central problem of society is no longer creating and distributing wealth by managing the risks created by science and technology such as nuclear energy or pollution.
6
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postmodernists theorists names
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- pakulski and Malcolm = cultural rather than economic differences
- Beck = risk society / individua’s