ANT102H5 Lecture 21: Lecture Notes-November 24.docx
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Gold, car, diamonds, rolex: signs and symbols help make that person legible to signs of power, for persons and states alike power is performative, power determines the distribution of wealth, and labour in a society, politics is secure both in force and in consent, force violence or threat, power tends to be hegemonic (hegemony, the way hegemony works is by sharing rewards unevenly ex. Even though it is the accomplishment of the whole society: the gift of public services distributes public services and goods such as, healthcare, these gifts have the name of the state on the service, the leader or the state is the biggest gift giver that can only be repaid by taxes, loyalty, etc, the identity, belief, and culture are political.
