SOC342H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Marie Henein, Nannygate
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Durkheimian society: think about society as rlg -> its structure if focused on meaning within society, morals are so important to us that when someone violates them, its like violating the law of rlg. Fighting against this idea that everyone has a role to play in this world. Shared collective morality, why things matter to us . Sacred: anything can be classified as the sacred. It is what we define as what is sacred. Profane: anything that is not sacred, but kneeling during the national anthem is a profane act that contaminates the sacred. Creating a scandal: no new facts came to light, the scandal was always there, it was the reaction to the facts that changed, alexander uses the idea of sacred vs profane to explain the transformation. It wasn"t simply deviant (the robbery) but it was a highly provocative act in our democracy.
