Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Economic Globalization, Individual And Group Rights, Economic Surplus
7 Feb 2015
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Cultural lag: when particular aspects of a culture have not caught up with the changes in other parts of the same society. Early societies and the beginnings of social change. Some led desperate, precarious lives; others didn"t have to work very hard to survive. Individual groups or bands tended to be small (40-50 people) Hunting wild game and gathering edible plants. Most were nomadic, followed a route, moving when the food supply became depleted. Deeply spiritual and shared key resources among the entire group. Division of labour was based on gender (women did gathering of plant products and rearing of. Practiced abortion and infanticide; domestic violence and homicide were not unheard of children; men did the hunting) State: the organization that has a monopoly on the legitimate use of force; foraging people had no formal state. Absence of inequality and exploitation among hunter-gatherers was due to the fact that these societies had almost no surplus production.
