Early in the American Invasion of Iraq
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Social Class, Iraq | No Comments »The time is the beginning of the Second Iraq War in 2003. The American invasion comes in three waves, one military, the other two not. (1) The shock. The American Army offensive goes in and overruns the Iraqi ...
Social Class East
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 Posted in Social Class | No Comments »Social class is a dynamic concept. The relationship of the class groupings involves the distribution of available economic value. This is always a latent front that can become active with conscious awareness of self and group ...
Social Class Consequences
Friday, November 30th, 2007 Posted in Social Class | 1 Comment »So far we are into an off-center investigation of social class. We have two lines into the subject. 1) We have denied to all commentators the sanctuary of the objective scientific observer. All concepts and theories ...
Social Class in U.S.A.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in Social Class | No Comments »Advantage, in pejorative usage sometimes called exploitation, is the dark shadow of social class. It introduces into the relationships of equal citizens a strong element of inequality. Our civilization, our religious and moral sensibilities cast an uncomfortable pall ...
Social Class. Yes, No, and Maybe
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in Social Invention, Social Class | No Comments »We approach social class from the theory side. Concepts along with their formulators and advocates are active parts of the reality they attend. It is called praxis, making the word real. Sometimes the new ...
Social Class Unmasked
Friday, November 23rd, 2007 Posted in Social Class | 1 Comment »In sociology the concepts and theories and the persons who propound them are part of the reality described. The social order of the economic life of a society includes the understandings used to describe it. There is ...
Social Class Inside Out
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in Social Class | 1 Comment »All they want is love and money. (William Saroyan) Social class is a tag for the social organization of economic life. The task is to describe the social forms and processes needed to produce, distribute, and consume goods and services. Everyone ...