Answer any three of the following questions. It should take you about 600-700 words to answer each of these questions Try to be thorough and think like a theorist. Remember I am not looking for your opinions, but rather theoretical arguments based on scholarly observations and analyses. Limit the usage of the pronoun “I.” You may use limited outside sources as long as they are published, peer-reviewed works, not random websites. . For citations, use author (year) in text and provide a combined works cited at the end. The assignment must be uploaded on Canvas as a word document in the assignment link.
Bourdieu describes culture and social networks using Marx’s notion of “capital.” But “capital” is a very specific term for Marx.
What are Bourdieu’s reasons for using the notion of “capital” for cultural capital and social capital. How is he justified?.
Karl Marx and Max Weber provided two very different theories for the origin of capitalism – one based in the historical evolution of the conflict of the classes, the other based in a particular form of moral life. Compare and contrast the two theories.
Describe Simmel’s concept of stranger and show its sociological significance in studying social life, historical and contemporary.
Elaborate the discussion of “value” in Marx, Saussure, and Barthes. What do they each mean by “value;” what is the common thread that ties “value” in linguistics, in social conventions, and in economics.
