SOCB42H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Aristocracy, Social Control, Alexis De Tocqueville
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What are things similar across the readings and how can i compare them. Individualism expands in democracy, raises problems of how to control that. Increasing importance of individualist thinking central feature of democracy. Reasons: life different in aristocratic: more collective thinking, lineage, life is extended in past and future. One link in the long chain of generation. Duty goes beyond me, maintain family honor and integrity. Duty to your class to uphold (fellow aristocrats, or crafts guild): always someone above and below you. Spans ge(cid:374)eratio(cid:374)s. e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)herei(cid:374) (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k of (cid:272)ulti(cid:448)ati(cid:374)g (cid:455)ourself: democracy: no collective thinking or duty. You simply just owe something to humanity- (cid:448)ague, (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t reall(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:374)strai(cid:374) (cid:455)ou: without these constraints- k(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to sa(cid:373)e jo(cid:271) as pare(cid:374)ts- life turns inward. Social control: keep individualism under control b/c it creates certain dangers. Left unchecked, will be dangerous to society: creates indifference to public matters. More concerned about self than the public good: melancholy ch.
