SOCI 1002H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neoconservatism, Nazi Concentration Camps, Social Darwinism
13 Apr 2017
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How does modern society work: social structure made up if institutions that organize/manage/discipline our interactions, culture is the content that fills up the structure. Who decides these practices of power in society. Relations of power: ability to achieve your will despite resistance of others, power is achieved through the control of resources of value. Markets, weapons, media, law, votes, workers, consumers and. Sites of power: context of self-determination: proximal power: Food, clothing, shelter, identity, safety: distal power: Sociological theories: society is an object of study and is similar to the natural sciences and should be treated the same, birthed around the industrial revolution. Unquiet ghost of marx: social impacts of waged labour system (capitalism) Competition over scarcity of work leads to exploitation of workers. Uprising of workers against capitalist class: class structure of capitalism: economic structure and control of access to wealth. Is human behaviour the result of our biology: from eugenics to racial profiling.
