SOCI 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Exogamy, Friedrich Engels, Sexual Differentiation
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Who will you marry? (think about it yourself) Theorized the importance of close social ties, ceremonies and symbols for bringing people together (preventing suicide) Found that it was the matter of social integration, those not well integrated/excluded more likely to commit suicide. If you are married, you are living up to the expectations of society! When you do this, you will feel included. Ring of finger: reached certain stage in life He was interested in the symbolic meaning of these relationships. Showed centrality of marriage in feudalism in cementing clans and family groups. Linked monogamous marriage to rise of private property. Never based on love, but on passing on things. Most past relationships back then did not require love. Came before the idea of romantic love as the basis for marriage. Romantic love came about around the rise of cities. Idea of love that is influenced by idealistic concepts of mating, like chivalry and a search for one"s soul mate.
