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The paradigm theory of lifestyle: A theoretical study

Year 2018, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 577 - 591, 25.08.2018
https://doi.org/10.21600/ijoks.454573

Abstract

This paper tries to investigate
the paradigm theories of lifestyle. Most researchers in the last two centuries
argue that the concept of the lifestyle has replaced the concept of the social
class; their evidence is that the ability of the vertical class to analyze
behavior, values and perspective is less than lifestyle of individuals. That
doesn’t mean that classes are erased, but it makes question the ability of
analysis in this concept, and their proof of that is the existence of some
links between the individuals and their difference social status, we can no
longer have a true picture of our social reality through the social class. In
such a circumstance, the concept of lifestyle is structure, because unlike the
class concept it doesn’t define the logic and the concept of lifestyle. Rather,
this concept shows some activities, gains (income) which interact with each
other and enable the social researcher to manifest its forms. The concept of
lifestyle is not a substitute for the concept of class, but it pares the way
for social sciences to conduct research on the experiences of daily life and how
individuals consume and invest, and that identity derived from the experience
as well as conducting research on the characteristics of the individual and
group. Through this concept, social researches are able to observe the creative
role of characters better than before and avoid the use of concept of social
status and class, which has scattered meanings.

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Year 2018, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 577 - 591, 25.08.2018
https://doi.org/10.21600/ijoks.454573

Abstract

References

  • Bourdieu, P. (1984). Distinction: A social critique of the judgement of taste. Harvard university press. Bourdieu, P. (1998). Practical reason: On the theory of action. Stanford University Press. Chawshyan, Hassan.(1996). Lifestyle and Social Identity.Tahran: Neshrny. Fazly, Muhamad.(1997).Counsamption and Lifstyle.Tahran: qwm. Gelaypur, Hamid Reza and Gemal mohammady.(2002). Past Theory of Sociology. Tahran: Ney. Gibbins, J.R. and Reimer, B., (1999). The politics of postmodernity: An introduction to contemporary politics and culture. Sage. Giddens, A. (1991). Modernity and self-identity: Self and society in the late modern age. Stanford university press. Heijs, W., Carton, M., Smeets, J. and Van Gemert, A. (2009). The labyrinth of life-styles. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 24(3), 347-356. Mahdykny, Mohammad Said.(2001). Lifestyles Concept in Social Sicnce. No.1. Mohammadpur, A. and Mahmoodi, K. (2016). Lifestyle and identity in contemporary Iranian Kurdistan (a grounded study of Marivan City). Quality & Quantity, 50(5),1907-1928. Nury, Bezhen, Ali Rohany and Sumaye Hashmy.(2005). Lifestyle and Managing. Journal of Fimels Research. No.4, 21-48. Reimer, B. (1995). Youth and Modern Lifestyles,in Johan Fornas and Goran Bolin(Eds). Youth Culture in Late Modernity. Sage Publication. Sobel, M. (1981).Lifestyle and Social Structure: Concepts, Definitions, and Analyses. Academic Press. Veblen, T.(2007). Theory of the Leisure Class (Oxford world's classics).Transaction Publishers. Zekay, Mohammad Said.(2005). Sub-Cultuer, Lifestyle and Identety. Rushd Group, 20-21.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Makaleler
Authors

Abdullah Kurshid Abdullah

Shahlaa Wali Jabbar

Publication Date August 25, 2018
Submission Date March 10, 2018
Published in Issue Year 2018Volume: 4 Issue: 2

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APA Abdullah, A. K., & Jabbar, S. W. (2018). The paradigm theory of lifestyle: A theoretical study. International Journal of Kurdish Studies, 4(2), 577-591. https://doi.org/10.21600/ijoks.454573


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