Author Question: Weber called the class consisting of skilled, semiskilled, and unskilled workers the __________. ... (Read 87 times)

nramada · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Weber called the class consisting of skilled, semiskilled, and unskilled workers the __________.

a. entrepreneurial class
b. working class
c. upper class
d. middle class

Question 2

Discuss postmodernist perspectives on families.

What will be an ideal response?

fffftttt · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

Social scientist David Elkind describes the postmodern family as permeablecapable of being diffused or invaded in such a manner that an entity's original purpose is modified or changed. According to Elkind, if the nuclear family is a reflection of the age of modernity, the permeable family reflects the postmodern assumptions of difference, particularity, and irregularity. Difference is evident in the fact that the nuclear family is now only one of many family forms. Similarly, the idea of romantic love under modernity has given way to the idea of consensual love.

Individuals agree to have sexual relations with others whom they have no intention of marrying or, if they marry, do not necessarily see the marriage as having permanence. Maternal love has also been transformed into shared parenting, which includes not only mothers and fathers but also caregivers who may either be relatives or nonrelatives. Urbanity is another characteristic of the postmodern family; the boundaries between the public sphere (the workplace) and the private sphere (the home) are becoming much more open and flexible. In fact, family life may be negatively affected by the decreasing distinction between what is work time and what is family time.