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Society
Chapter 4
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
10/06/2010

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Society
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people who interact in a defined territory and share culture
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Gerhard Lenski
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Technology is shaping society, Soiocultural evolution for society as technology shapes it
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sociocultural evolution
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Lenskis term for society as it changes with the new technology
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pastoralism
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the raising of animals
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postindustialism-
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the production of information using computer technology
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Agragarian societies
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5,000 years old, vast empires, great specilization, extreme social inequality
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Industrial society
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Developed in europe 250 years ago, modern conveniences, moves work from home to factory, raises living standards
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Postindustrial societies
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Computer ran society, requires population with information based skills
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Karl Marx
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Materialist approach, societies are defined by economic systems
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Capitalism
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formed by marx, ruling class supresses working class, predicted capitalism would be overthrown for socialism
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Max Weber2
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Idealist Approach emphasized power of ideas to shape society,
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Pre industrial workers are bound by......
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Tradition
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Rationality
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Deliberate most effiecient way to accomplish a task, gave rise to industrial revolution and capitalism weber invented the beureaucracy
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Emile Durkheim
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claims society has an objective existence
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durkheim says ....... have functions that help society operate
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social elements
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Mechanical solidarity
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social bonds based on common sentiments and shared moral values
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Organic solidarity
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Durkheims term for social bonds based on specilization and interdependence
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Ideal type
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an abstract statement of the essential characteristics of any social phenomenon
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social institutions
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the major spheres of social life organized to meet human needs
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false consciousness
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marxs term for explanations of social problems as the shortcomings of individuals
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class conciousness
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marxs terms for workers recognition of themselves as a class unified in opposition to capitalists
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anomie
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durkheims term for a condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals
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