著者

佐々木 啓子

出版者

電気通信大学

雑誌

電気通信大学紀要 (ISSN:09150935)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, no.1, pp.19-29, 2012-02-01

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The aim of this article is to present the frame of reference of sociological history on the class culture and the education of the upper middle class in pre-war Japan. In modern societies, feudal statuses are substituted for meritocratic positions by new privileged class, that is, public servants, professions or the managerial class. These positions are acquired by licenses or education but not by one's social origin. Generally speaking, upper middle class city people know the importance of the educational background and give their children higher education which is acquired through their class culture. In this way, their meritocratic positions are inherited to their sons or daughters by hidden cultural capital.