CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Eye For An Eye, Social Control
1 Mar 2017
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-turn to educated people of society, who happened to be people of the church. >protect privileges (ppl at top keep their power, ppl at bottom stay at the bottom) >morality and church were linked together ie anyone who questioned them etc was labelled a heretic. >people were starting to question religious authority for all the social issues (ie hunger, illness) so they created the idea of witches causing all of the problems. >target powerless or threatening groups (ie patriarchal society and women) >biblical law - lex talionis: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (thou shalt not let a witch live) >nothing sacred about the body (pain and torture inflicted in hopes to get confession, even if they died the individual"s soul would be saved and they would go to heaven instead of hell. >symbolism of fire (eternal hell person would experience) >general (broad/society) and specific (targeted at certain group)
