ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Informal Social Control, Mbuti People, Theocracy
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Imperative for social order: all societies have to have an order, we rely on intelligence of other people, rely on predictability d, disturbed in many ways. If they are not predictable it causes a problem, confusion e. i. Crimes: not a problem, it"s the laws that are the problems e. i. 1. Natural disasters: earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, sickness and disease. Not submit to it, but or resist the social order e. v. Aggression: sources of disorder a, pervasiveness of social control, exerted at all levels in society, vary explicit, written down laws d. It ranges from the most implied things, manner adequate: combinations of practices to reproduce the social order, rewards if you do the right thing g. If you do the wrong thing, there are penalties to pay. Threat of force: jail or physical punishment: backed by force. Legal process, police, legal professionals: lawyers and judges. Made by humans and they are supernatural derived. They need to be rightly in place.
