Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Jean-Paul Sartre, Existence Precedes Essence, Ascribed Status
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Exchange- canada lets you move here if you have something to offer the economy (narrow rela. Hospitality- canada lets you in because they feel humanitarian obligation (broader ethics) Policy has 2 aspects- to whom do we owe something and on what basis. F scale- (adorno) authoritarian personality, f = fascism. Subject position- groupings in terms of their relative position in social structure. Ex. resources, ascribed status groups, responses from institutions, dictation of life choices. Dominant or superordinate groups are at the top they want to preserve themselves over time. Satre- existence precedes essence, authenticity vs bad faith. Dominant group constructs its other, imposes status on subordinate. Power is the ability to get someone to do something they wouldn"t want to do otherwise, its an. Power requires legitimacy; tradition, charisma, bother in which are non-rational. The state is that authority in which exercising a monopoly on the legitimate use of force.