POLI 2P92 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Everyman
18 May 2016
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The first time a man looked at himself and saw an emotion of pride, that was when he started to fall: cannot have a sense of pride unless you compare yourself to somebody else. Pride always has an element of vice, as it is anti-ethical to equality. Sexual politics is always competitive, as opposed to within the state of nature where there was no basis for competition. Because females are bears of the children they took off the sedentary roles while males took over the hunter gather roles (on division of labour. Family bonding is emphasized when families move from nomadic society to an agricultural society. Emphasized the importance of the discovery of metal, as metal formation allowed for humans to discover better ways to sophisticate daily life. Famous phrase: the first person who enclosed a piece of property and said this is mine, is the true founder of social society and the true cause of inequality.
