SOCI 2P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Forces, List Of Impact Wrestling Albums, Erving Goffman
4 Dec 2015
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Imagery of societal outcome: puppets on a string, also track", also silos", also boxes o. Linked to sense of powerlessness, entrapment, alienation, exploitation, Being controlled by others or by social forces. Possible o (anarchism occupy movement, g20 protests, riot in seattle, this is what. Democracy looks like: premise: powerful norms, expectations, hierarchies, social inequalities, how do we challenge authority", ignore internalized whips, empower. Ourselves and others: how do we even recognize our unthinking acceptance of domination. Major cultural themes: possibilities for empowerment, agency and resistance. Fictional and real heros as archtype of agency and resistance transcend. Their fate and create a new destiny from ancient greeks to modern superheroes. Major science fiction theme: brave new world, 1984. Numerous historical examples religious/charismatic leaders, joan of arc, Major sociological theme: marx why everywhere people are in chains? o o. C. wright mills most people experience their lives as a series of traps .
