The New Class Conflict
Joel Kotkin
Language: English
Pages: 137
ISBN: 091438628X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
"In ways not seen since the Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century, America is becoming a nation of increasingly sharply divided classes. Joel Kotkin's The New Class Conflict breaks down these new divisions for the first time, focusing on the ascendency of two classes: the tech Oligarchy, based in Silicon Valley; and the Clerisy, which includes much of the nation's policy, media, and academic elites.
The New Class Conflict is written largely from the point of view of those who are, to date, the losers in this class conflict: the middle class. This group, which Kotkin calls the Yeomanry, has been the traditional bulwark of American society, politics, and economy. Yet under pressure from the ascendant Oligarchs and ever more powerful Clerisy, their prospects have diminished the American dream of class mobility that has animated its history and sustained its global appeal.
This book is both a call to arms and a unique piece of analysis about the possible evolution of our society into an increasingly quasi-feudal order. Looking beyond the conventional views of both left and right, conservative and liberal, Kotkin provides a tough but evenhanded analysis of our evolving class system, and suggests some approaches that might restore the middle class to its proper role as the dominant group in the American future."
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Patronage, is itself a product of modern times. “An industrial culture,” noted sociologist Norman Birnbaum, “rests on the industrialization of culture.” Not all cultural workers can be considered to be part of the Clerisy, but their largely homogeneous worldview fits the pattern that they share with the public sector bureaucracy and academia.37 With this increased reach, the media has become ever more influential in shaping popular perceptions. Artists, writers, fashion designers, and actors.
Ability to plan for a foreseeable future become concerned with their own survival and often become unable to imagine being able to provide materially and emotionally for others,” notes Sarah Corse, an associate professor of sociology in University of Virginia’s College of Arts and Sciences and author of a 2013 study on declining family structure in the working class.85 Such dysfunction is, if anything, more profound in minority communities, particularly among immigrants and, most critically, the.
Ability to plan for a foreseeable future become concerned with their own survival and often become unable to imagine being able to provide materially and emotionally for others,” notes Sarah Corse, an associate professor of sociology in University of Virginia’s College of Arts and Sciences and author of a 2013 study on declining family structure in the working class.85 Such dysfunction is, if anything, more profound in minority communities, particularly among immigrants and, most critically, the.
Clearly do not aspire to the ideal of singleness and childlessness embraced by more radical boomer enthusiasts. Nearly four in five millennials still express a desire to have children, and close to 80 percent, according to some recent estimates, will have offspring while a vast majority will get married in their lifetimes.83 For them, the future being projected is less a matter of choice than necessity. No doubt the prospects for homeownership will be tough in the years ahead. But it is simply.
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