SOSC 1900 Lecture Notes - W. B. Yeats, Bourgeoisie, Ob River

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1900
• Professor: Nadiah Habib

Document Summary

Emily martin argues that even in what is supposed to be objective" scientific discourse about the processes of fertilization and reproduction, the language that is used to describe these processes already relies on stereotypical notions of gender and sexuality. It is equally interesting to note that these ideas change over time. [while still maintaining stereotypical ideas of gender and sexuality]. This progressive movement of society is associated with what has been described as modernity. It is essentially a historical period in western culture and has its origins in the. Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century. The enlightenment, and the historical period that it brought in, it can be argued, is characterized by three major features. Intellectually, there was the power of reason over ignorance; 1: there was the power of order over disorder; and, there was the power of science over superstition. These three features were regarded by many as universal values.