SOC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Primary Sector Of The Economy, Barter, Consumerism
Document Summary
Sociology of work: objectives: nature of work, it transformation over time, relationship to identity and identification. Meaning of work in society: dictionary definition. Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result : common sense understanding/experience, a basic feature of our existence. Individuals: a primary source of independence and freedom, a prison that is devoid of any independence or freedom. Societies: a central feature of social order and social integration, a means of differentiating among groups and allocating scarce resources within society. The history of work (films on demand: master academic collection) Work in relation to economic and political systems: Pre-industrial society (subsistence existence: hunting and gathering (economic inequality is minimal, horticultural and pastoral societies (emergence of economic inequality, agricultural revolution (craft worker and decentralization of work) Specialization: rise of trade, barter and money economies. Industrial revolution and industrial society machine technology: using fossil fuels to produce goods.
