SA 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Land Grant, First Age, Feudalism

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 350
• Professor: Yildiz Atasoy

Document Summary

Neoliberalism: liberal movement, modified traditional ideas of trade unions and goes against big businesses/military buildup. Impeachment: to bring accusations against someone; to accuse. Empiricist: knowledge/knowing based on experience/experiment and physical evidance. State"s responsibility is to protect ppl"s private property and make sure not violated; if violated, ppl can rebel against their state but should not revolutionize against the system. Hunting gather > agriculture > farming: dark ages = big player in european thinking and theories. Feudalism (first age: hierarchy (most powerful to least powerful, kings > lords > knights > peasants > slaves (not under peasants but peasants had more. freedom while slaves were immobile: land grants: granting your lower followers land, king grants land to lords, lords grant land to knights, etc. System worked due to reciprocity and trust; the lower ppl were trusted to care for land and carry out duties.