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The Importance of Understanding Class
I think it's about how we read class notions of class away from all models, which is about what jobs you do and broaden out the definition. Pierre Bourdieu makes the really important point that people who are in the most disadvantaged situations often are dominated, and then they're not aware of their class position. So Bourdieu gives you a way of understanding why the lack of overt class consciousness is actually a sign of the real power of class.