SOCA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bashar Al-Assad, Incest Taboo, Cultural Universal
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Soluions to problem of social order: sancions (force, socializaion, emoion producion. Recall selish gene (you want your own genes to survive than other strangers) How did saddam maintain order and us fail to do so: genocidal use of force. Syria, bashar al assad: generates counter forces. Use of force in canada: war measures act in quebec crisis. Limits of force (sancions: people avoid formal sancions. 2 statements: society is the product of human acivity. We are its creator: individuals are the product of society. As creators: robinson crusoe gilligan"s island, creaion. As products: fish becomes insituionalized & normaive. Individuals as products of society: social metaphor; bus. A bus shows that routes can be changed meaning society is also changing over ime regardless of if there are accidents. Are there cultural universals: yes (?) Not very speciic: incest taboo, violence in the group, funerals (i. e. , mourning) Ethnocentrism the tendency to judge other cultures by the standards of one"s own culture.
