CRM 3301 Lecture 6: Lecture 6 oct 5

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 3301
• Professor: Jon Frauley

Document Summary

Conceptualizing pressing problems and issues and their interconnexion. The (cid:862)fo(cid:396)e(cid:373)ost politi(cid:272)al a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)telle(cid:272)tual task(cid:863) of so(cid:272)ial s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e is to (cid:862)(cid:373)ake (cid:272)lea(cid:396) the ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts of (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:373)po(cid:396)a(cid:396)(cid:455) u(cid:374)easi(cid:374)ess a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:894)mills (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1009)(cid:1013), (cid:1005)(cid:1007)(cid:895). Threats or perceived threats to what a(cid:396)e (cid:449)idel(cid:455) e(cid:374)t(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)hed (cid:862)(cid:272)he(cid:396)ished (cid:448)alues(cid:863) he suggested, (cid:272)a(cid:374) lead to e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)es of (cid:862)u(cid:374)easi(cid:374)ess(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)i(cid:374)diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863), (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h i(cid:374) tu(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374) lead to (cid:862)(cid:373)alaise(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)apath(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)mills (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1009)(cid:1013), (cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:895) a(cid:374)d passi(cid:448)e a(cid:272)(cid:272)epta(cid:374)(cid:272)e of i(cid:374)justi(cid:272)es. These forms of inaction and detachment are the outcome of the play of what he (1959, (cid:1005)(cid:1007)(cid:895) (cid:272)alled the (cid:858)u(cid:374)(cid:396)ul(cid:455) fo(cid:396)(cid:272)es of (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:373)po(cid:396)a(cid:396)(cid:455) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)(cid:859), su(cid:272)h as politi(cid:272)al a(cid:374)d e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) upheaval. Because of increased specialisation it becomes harder to see how all the different spheres of social life are interconnected. One outcome is that people become disengaged and tend to reproduce their own subordination unknowingly. The cheerful robot: problem of reason and freedom and decline of social democracy.