ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture 8: Lecture 8
1 Apr 2016
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Two ways of maintaining order: all cultures have norms; some also have laws (especially states) Norm: accepted standard for behaviour, usually unwritten examples: giving up your seat on a bus for someone who is older, wearing shoes or other attire for particular places/events. Law: a binding rule about behaviour: range of penalty for committing certain criminal acts. Bands: create a bias against violence as a means of establishing order (pg. 129: emphasis upon sharing and cooperation, everyone has a legitimate claim to what the group possesses ex. They put him down because they didn"t like his gloating. Yanomami: live in amazon rainforest (brazil, exist on agriculture, they have norms and some laws. Social control in states: increased specialization of roles involved in social control, formal rails and courts, lawyers, judges, police, military, power enforced forms of punishment, such as prisons and the death penalty ex. This is where the western view of witches comes from!
