Theories of self and society

Question 1

Social theoretical & sociological approaches to the study of self and society – large-scale social structures: Karl Marx’s version

Answer 1

-mode of production and social class
-alienated labor

Question 2

Social theoretical & sociological approaches to the study of self and society – large-scale social structures:
Pierre Bourdieu version

Answer 2

Habitus, social and cultural capital

Question 3

Social theoretical & sociological approaches to the study of self and society – large-scale social structures: Michel Foucault

Answer 3

Technologies of the self and power/knowledge regimes

Question 4

Large scale studies
vs
micro-scale studies

Answer 4

economic systems, class relations, social institutions, etc.
vs
everyday interactions and performances in and through which meaning and social order is produced