SOC203H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Meritocracy, Anomie, Structural Functionalism
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According to weber: the state is an association that claims sovereignty over a territory (p. 78) f, authority is a legitimate domination. (p 78-79) t, charisma is the authority of the eternal yesterday (p. 78-79) f. Weber: definition of the state, authority, typology of diff authority etc. Today we are covering 3 sociologists; durkheim, (compared durkheim w marx? in terms of authority) Durkheim, anomic suicide: three different background elements, types of authority: Tocqueville"s idea on public opinion and it"s weight with authority, durkheim doesn"t agree with this because there is conformity, we squeeze out the odd people; gramsci: seize power through revolution. Rules how to behave, regulations on social relations, understanding of ones place in society, language of good and evil comes in, language of excess comes in, language of morally judgemental ones come in. The need for more regulation in our private lives .
