Impact of Work (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards
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Bauman: society shift from industrial to what?
Bauman: society shift from industrial to what?
Consumer society
Why work remains essential in consumer society
Why work remains essential in consumer society
Provides disposable income needed to consume (through employment)
Marx: what separates humans from other animals?
Marx: what separates humans from other animals?
Labour/work
Marx's term for humans seeing themselves through their work
Marx's term for humans seeing themselves through their work
Species being
Definition of alienation in Marxist theory
Definition of alienation in Marxist theory
Being divorced from one's self
Marx alienation 1: alienation from the...
Marx alienation 1: alienation from the...
Product - workers lack ownership/control of what they produce
Marx alienation 2: alienation from...
Marx alienation 2: alienation from...
Productive activity - labour sold to capitalist class
Marx alienation 3: alienation from...
Marx alienation 3: alienation from...
Species - work becomes dull, repetitive, purely for payment
Marx alienation 4: alienation from...
Marx alienation 4: alienation from...
Fellow humans - workers compete, dividing them
Blauner's form: workers can't control work processes
Blauner's form: workers can't control work processes
Powerlessness
Blauner's form: purpose of role unclear to workers
Blauner's form: purpose of role unclear to workers
Meaninglessness
Blauner's form: can't see shared workplace identity
Blauner's form: can't see shared workplace identity
Isolation
Blauner's form: no opportunities for personal expression
Blauner's form: no opportunities for personal expression
Self-estrangement
Wright's term for positions with autonomy in capitalism
Wright's term for positions with autonomy in capitalism
Contradictory class locations
Bauman's metaphor for modern society's state
Bauman's metaphor for modern society's state
Liquid or fluid