Patterns and trends: social class inequality: post modernism

Question 1

What do post modernists say about class ?

Answer 1

• class is losing significance
• Weber and Mar’x ideas are outdated as people don’t associate themselves with class anymore

Question 2

What did Pakulski + Waters say about class and post modernism ?

Answer 2

• People now group together according to symbolic values
• There is more focus on culture differences rather than economic differences

Question 3

What did Beck say about class and post-modernism ?

Answer 3

• we live in a ‘risk society’
• this means that society’s problem isn’t wealth but is now managing science and technology
• People have become more individualised at trying to manage their own risks in their own way
• Agrees that people are adopting more individualised identities