SOC211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Demonology

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13 Apr 2015
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Sociology: deviance = defying social expectations, punishment: social disapproval understanding a secular society. Legal context: crime = codified social expectations. Science and social order: systematic, secular: observation, testing, data collection . If you drop chalk it goes upward (can be tested) no supernatural forces vs after death people either go to hell or heaven (cannot be tested: assumptions (of science) Laws of nature are discoverable (ex. the law of physics) Angels, demons, animals, humans, etc. sometimes the forces directly intervene and sometimes the interventions are done through something/someone (5) some interventions are done for good and others for bad (evil) Without norms there can be no deviation; first norm was adam and eve in the garden of. Religions: common assumptions (1) universe is orderly (2) supernatural beings beyond human powers. Demons, gods, angels, spirits, etc. (3) control/intervene natural and social processes. Miracles, divine intervention (4) these interventions can be direct/indirect.

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