SOC 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Complex Number, Mccarthyism, Social Stratification
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Why: certain beliefs held by all adherents, rituals are performed trust comes from rituals. Why has religion not died out: revival of religion universal; monotheistic. How does religion reflect economic and political structures of different types of societies: simple hunting and gathering societies, ex. Eskimos, tribal societies: society - weak political systems, simple economies, relatively equal or little inequality, religion boundaries between gods and people are permeable, lots of gods (relatively weak gods), all totems are religiously equal, agrarian societies, ex. Medieval europe (feudalism), contemporary capitalism: society organized around centralized state one central political authority, religion monotheism, aims to be universal. Recidivism: when someone gets out of prison, they engage in criminal activity and end up back in jail, prison no job no social life criminal activities. Elements of deviance: defined by group or society, most people commit crimes, but very few are deviant , few people who commit crimes are caught, most deviants are rarely deviant.
