SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Simpletech, Social Conflict, Tracht
16 Dec 2015
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People who interact in a defined territory and share culture. Gerhard and jean lenski: society and technology. Max weber: the power of ideas shapes society. Emile durkheim: how traditional and modern societies hang together. Lenskis- societies that are technological advanced move forward. Karl marx conflict causes society to change. Weber its about ideas and moving in those directions. Durkhiem traditional societies had people who were the same so people stuck together doing the same things. Sociocultural evolution: the changes that occur as a society gains new technology. Societies range from simple to the technologically complex. When you have simple technology things change slowly. The more advanced, the more it tends to change. Societies simple in technology tend to remain small and change slowly. More technologically complex societies support bigger populations, more affluence, and constant change. Defined by the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation. A few societies persist today in africa and malaysia.
