on the capacity to mobilize around a name (''proletariat''). The Reality of Representation and the Representation of Reality: Symbolic property is a property perceived in relation to other properties of the same class by agents equipped with socially constituted schemes of perception. We have to move beyond the opposition between objectivist theories, which identify social classes as discrete groups, and subjectivist theories, which reduce the social order to a sort of collective classification obtained by aggregating the individual strategies (classified and classifying) through which agents categorize themselves and others. A class is defined as much by its being-perceived as by its being, by its consumption as much as by its position in the relations of production. Lastly, individuals' positions in the classification struggles depend on their positions in the class structure. KINGSLEY DAVIS AND WILBERT MOORE''Some Principles of Stratification'' Davis and Moore are interested in the relationship between stratification and the rest of the social order. Stratification is defined as the unequal rights and perquisites of different positions in a society. They are interested in the system of positions in society and not the individuals occupying those positions. Their approach is strictly functionalist in that they argue that is a society is to survive, then a functionally efficient means of fitting talented individuals to occupations must develop. Stratification supplies this mechanism. The Functional Necessity of Stratification:In order to function, society must:1.) Motivate the proper members for proper positions2.) Motivate the persons filling these positions to do the required duties Motivation is often based on rewards. Types of rewards include:1.) things that contribute to sustenance and comfort2.) things that contribute to humor and diversion3.) things that contribute to self-respect and ego expansion The rewards used to motivate p...
