SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bourgeoisie, Deskilling, Moral Evil
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Conservative thesis vs radical thesis (table 2. 1 2017:39/ 2014:37) Begin the weberian concept of class (will return to this again in chapter 4) Hammurabi (king of ancient babylon around 1750 bc) Set down a code of laws which detailed the rights and duties of all his subjects. He did not consider all of his object to be equal. His laws differed for a "man" and a "common man" His laws ignored women except as the property of their men (2017:31/ 2014:29) Caste system refer to the system stratified society and people are born into very fixed position. Caste system stratified society with fixed social positions. Divides all the whole of indian society on the notion of pollution and purity. The individual at the very top will be untouchable. Focus on keeping thing in the way they are, keeping order in society. Those who wanted to keep the order of society vs those who wanted to challenge this order.