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 1.summary

Social stratification is the categorization of individuals in a society into groups based on various socioeconomic factors like wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, occupation, social status, or derived power. It represents a hierarchy within society that assigns different levels of privileges to different groups.

In modern Western societies, social stratification is often divided into three main classes: upper class, middle class, and lower class, with each class further subdivided into upper-stratum, middle-stratum, and lower stratum. However, stratification can also be based on kinship, clan, tribe, or caste.

The origins of social stratification are debated, with some arguing it emerged in complex state-based or feudal societies, while others suggest it may have existed in simpler hunter-gatherer or tribal societies. Regardless, social stratification arises from inequalities of status among individuals, with the degree of social inequality determining a person's social stratum.

2.intersting

Four underlying principles of social stratification include its social definition as a property of society rather than individuals, its reproduction across generations, its universal presence across societies albeit in varying degrees, and its involvement not only in quantitative inequality but also in qualitative beliefs and attitudes about social status.Social stratification can have various consequences, such as influencing access to resources like mortgage credit, based on factors like spatial and racial stratification.Theories of social stratification include Marxist theory, which emphasizes the role of economic relations in determining social class, and Weberian theory, which considers multiple factors like class, status, and power. C. Wright Mills introduced the concept of the "power elite," highlighting the dominance of a small group of corporate, political, and military leaders in society. Anthropological perspectives challenge the universality of social stratification, suggesting that many hunter-gatherer societies exhibit egalitarianism. They emphasize kinship-oriented cultures that prioritize social harmony over wealth or status.Variables in social stratification research include economic factors like income and wealth, as well as social factors like gender, race, and ethnicity. Global stratification examines inequalities between nations, with core nations dominating economically while periphery nations face exploitation.Despite progress, large gaps in wealth and opportunity persist globally, with the wealthiest individuals controlling vast amounts of resources compared to the poorest segments of society.

3.discussion

The rise of the middle class has led to the crisis caused by the great prosperity of the cultural industry:

Why do I no longer want to work now? The division of labor in material production has penetrated into cultural production. Cultural workers must use the industrial system to create larger cultural products. It is necessary to use division of labor to improve production efficiency, but cultural creation should not be particular about Efficiency, it is the cultural industry that emphasizes efficiency. For some people in the industry, they are engaged in work rather than artistic creation. Their work is so painful that they need products and games to relieve their emotions. The consumer society provides a solution to people's emotions, which is consumption. It is worth mentioning that Wikipedia is a voluntary work platform, and all editors are volunteers. They edit Wikipedia because labor makes them happy and knowledge sharing makes them happy, not for money, which avoids the alienation of people in the consumer society. Results of the work.

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