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SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY III ESSAY - important!

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  • 10-11-2007 1:13am
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    stardust_dublin
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    Did anyone else here pick the title "is bourdieu's theory of class and consumption in his book Distinction reductionist?" for their essay??

    I did, and i think i could have answered it comepletely wrong! Can anyone tell me if the theory was reductionist or not, and if it was, why?

    what did you talk about it in? (tastes,etc?)


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    ShaneU
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    Nah i did the other one, about reflexive sociology.


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    stardust_dublin
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    i wish i had of picked that one now... would have been more straight forward i think :(


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    Chakar
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    I did the essay title 'Is Bourdieu's theory of class and consumption in his book Distinction reductionist?' I argued that his theory was not reductionist using the concepts of habitus, field, and capital. These concepts comprise Bourdieu's theory of class and consumption so I applied the concepts to the theory. I compared the theory to other 'class' theories such as Marx and Waquant's 'market theory'. Class and consumption were intertwined with tastes so that was relatively straightforward.

    But I wouldn't worry about whether you answered the question 'wrong' or not because it was a subjective question. Indeed Sociology is quite subjective itself. You just have to show why you believe it's reductionist or not with sources of course.


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