SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Walt Disney World, Enclosure, Solitary Confinement
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Late 20th c movement in art, philosophy, literature strong influence on social science. Everything is socially constructed, but there is no underlying true structure. Meaning is contingent or dependent on the reader. Idea that there is one truth (poststructural perspective) - not true bc everyone has their own perception of reality. Did austin (book you read( mean xyz or is that just my interpretation? it doesn"t matter what austin meant, what matters is that you think that"s what it means. Crime is neither a simple violation of formal law nor an objective fact that can be discovered using the scientific method. It is a social construction (hark labelling theorists), but not just insofar as crime varies across time and place, and depends on moral entrepreneurs. Instead, crimes are linguistic constructions made by officials and official institutions. Laws = structures of domination that have led to increased repression rather than liberty.
