Social Inequality and the Sociology of Life Style: Material and Cultural Aspects of Social Stratification

Dieter Bögenhold

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2001, vol. 60, issue 4, 829-847

Abstract: The rising importance of dimensions such as age, gender, nationality, ethnicity, political attitudes, and multiple choices to organize the notion of “life course” has made the older class concept appear obsolete to the research sociologist. My thesis is that the current expanding discussions of life styles are not necessarily a substitute but a valuable supplement to social stratification theory. Life style research can contribute to the question of the relevance of the class concept. The result of my investigation shows that life style research, when connected to the writings of Thorstein Veblen, Georg Simmel, and Max Weber, can enrich research in the social sciences.

Date: 2001
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