SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Scapegoating, Labour Power, Ethnocentrism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 105
• Professor: Mustafa Koc

Document Summary

Major themes: difference among human societies is normal and natural. Inequalities are social and often attributed to these differences: these differences present themselves in biological and cultural patterns, they are often the product of geographical proximity, historical, social and economic relations of con ict and cooperation. Ethnic group-refers to a group that socially de ned on the basis of its cultural characteristics. Ethnicity- the social distinctions and relations among individuals and groups based on cultural characteristics. 1: common history, values, attitudes, and behaviours, differing in terms of food habits, family patterns, sexual behaviour, modes of dress, the sense of belonging standards of beauty, political orientations, economic activities etc. Ethnocentrism- refers tot he tendency to view all the peoples and cultures of the word from the viewpoint of ones own ethnic group and consequently to evaluate and rank all outsiders in terms of. Ethnic chauvanism- hostility directed towards people on the basis of their membership in a particular ethnic group.