Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Scapegoating, Ostracism, Solidarism
14 Dec 2017
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Purpose: demonstrates how social inclusion & exclusion can be a major cause of problematize people on margins and contribute to how the people in power control them. Physical pain from the human need for belongingness. Pain overlap theory: different kinds of pain use the same elements of processing systems. Sociometer theory: humans need to be included and avoid exclusion, it"s a survival benefit (being included ensures evolutionary fitness: your sociometer is managed through self esteem; it"s a kind of inclusion detector that measures your included/excluded position. Belonging thesis: the need to belong is a fundamental human function; like food and shelter. Ostracism: was a law that protected democratic institutions from being taken over those who could vote would vote off the least liked leader. Solidarism: began with french protestants that transformed their identity as a social minority: countered the individualism of laissez-faire liberalism, was committed to democracy, to the empowerment of the working class!
