Soc 001 1st Edition Lecture 31 Outline of Last Lecture I Judgment II Clicker Questions III Ascribed Status IV Achieved Status V Caste System VI Estate System VII Class System Outline of Current Lecture VIII India s Caste System IX Clicker Questions X Estate System XI Class System XII Karl Marx XIII Max Weber XIV Globalization Current Lecture Caste System in India Made up of four Varnas and a Dalits o Brahmans priests scholars o Kshatriyas warriors and rulers o Vashyas traders o Sudras manual laborers and servants o Dalits formally known as untouchables and perform unpleasant jobs like cleaning or leather tanning outside religious purity system Clicker Question 1 Which of the following varnas is the home of warriors and rulers o Kshatriyas Estate System status is hereditary or ascribed and the boundaries between the estate are relatively impermeable o Noble Controls income and property o Clergy Controls holiness religious power o Peasants Villains Controls nothing really had no property or control of religious properties o Extreme wealth living literally on top of abject poverty These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Still exists in the United Kingdom Class System status is achieved and boundaries between classes are permeable theoretically Karl Marx 2 classes distinguishing aspect between classes was based on what you do relationship to the means of production o Proletariat workers o Bourgeoisie factory owners Clicker Question 2 According to Karl Marx those who must earn their living by selling their labor make up the o Proletariat Max Weber many class but based on three factors o Wealth not income o Power the ability to get people to do what you want them to do even if they don t want to Occupational prestige prestige given according to occupation Clicker Question 3 Kate s father recently passed away In his will he specified that Kate is to receive all his stuff his home Porsche sailboat and horseracing stables Kate has just inherited her father s o Wealth Clicker Question 4 Weber thinks wealth power and prestige are important because o Two people with the same wealth can have different prestige CEO vs lotto winner o People who have the same wealth can have different power CEO vs lotto winner o Both are correct Globalization o A new thing in historic terms o Due largely to most countries accepting capitalism Where was o School supply manufactured China o Your shoes made Vietnam o Your cell phone manufactured China o Your last food item grown raised North America
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