SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Primordialism, Gregory Bateson, Endogamy
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What is ethnicity: assume that ethnicity is caused by difference itself(primordialism, but there really isn"t a 1-1 relationship" between ethnic and cultural differences. Ethnic: originally meant something more like a cult". Worshiping some form of divine being: ethnikos" takes on a new meaning: heathen or pagan (since there was only one. I belong/choose to be part of this group: negative/ascription: People assign you to be in that group: there are always certain markers when defining ethnicity(positive or negative) It takes at least two one hand clasping (gregory bateson, page 1 in eriksen: suggestion that ethnicity cannot be in isolation. One of the earliest attempts at a definition(max weber, page 2 in eth reader): 1. Implications of this definition: widely believed that humanity was/is divided into distinct racial groups: Race: perceptions of human differences based upon appearance: assumption that there are clearly delineated racial groupings, subjective culturally based category, weber intends to challenge racially based theories with this definition.
