SOC 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scholasticism, Subjectivism, Incest Taboo
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Chapter 1 text: determining deviance: questioning legitimacy of government, law, systems: there is still right and wrong that cannot (cid:271)e justified (cid:271)y (cid:272)riti(cid:272)al thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g. we still ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)orals that should(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e a(cid:271)a(cid:374)do(cid:374)ed. 49?39?2?: common acts may be considered unacceptable. Do we need deviance: only having positive reinforcement/feedback is dangerous. Statistically rare individuals serve as corrections/alternatives when society faces stagnation. Learn from the rare. (cid:862)majority al(cid:449)ays (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g (cid:449)he(cid:374) it (cid:272)o(cid:373)es to high perfor(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863)-if you do (cid:449)hat e(cid:448)eryo(cid:374)e else is doi(cid:374)g you"re (cid:374)ot disti(cid:374)guishi(cid:374)g yourself: harm (harm can be criminal, physical, emotional, psychological, social, ontological (new religions)) Consensual vs. conflict vs interactionist views: subjectivism: deviance= people behaviour or characteristic that people in power say need of control, not a quality but a process. Importance of dominant moral codes: deviance is socially constructed. Levels of social construction: global, sociocultural, institutional, interactional, individual: objective: statistical rarity, harm, normative violation, negative societal reactions. Focus on deviant act: subjective: dominant moral codes, social construction, power.
