SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: The Postmodern Condition, Postmodern Culture, English Language In England
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A conflict analysis of culture: the rights revolution. The central argument of conflict theory: social life is an ongoing struggle between more and less advantaged groups. Privileged groups try to maintain their advantages while subordinate groups struggle to increase theirs. Right revolution: is the process by which socially excluded groups struggled to win equal rights under the law and in practice beginning in the second half of the 20th century. Many categories of people are still discriminated against socially, politically, and economically. Rites of passage: are cultural ceremonies that mark the transition from one stage of life to another (eg baptisms, confirmations, weddings) or from life to death (funerals) Often conducted in public, and no variation from prescribed practice is allowed. Globalization: is the process by which formerly separate economies, states, and cultures are tied together and people become aware of their growing interdependence.
