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Social Inequality and the Plurality of Lifestyles: Material and Cultural Aspects of Social Stratification

In: Neglected Links in Economics and Society

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  • Dieter Bögenhold

    (University of Klagenfurt)

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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 lifestyles are not necessarily a substitute but a valuable supplement to social stratification theory. Lifestyle research can contribute to the question of the relevance of the class concept. The result of my investigation shows that lifestyle research, when connected to the writings of Thorstein Veblen, Georg Simmel, and Max Weber, can enrich research in the social sciences.

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  • Dieter Bögenhold, 2021. "Social Inequality and the Plurality of Lifestyles: Material and Cultural Aspects of Social Stratification," Springer Books, in: Neglected Links in Economics and Society, chapter 0, pages 29-45, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-79193-3_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79193-3_2
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