Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Late Modernity, Sunburn, Risk Society
4 Jun 2015
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Lombroso measuring skills and tried to locate differences in the bodies to explain criminal behaviour shows. Focault believes that modern power is primarily exercised in reference to the body. Biower: the regulation, management and surveillance of the body. There is a large emphasis on the body and health promotion know than ever before. Ex: learning about healthy vs unhealthy food in school. 1. urbanization: people moving to cities as a result of industrial captailsm. People start to be governed because of the population and the topics that go a long with growing populations. High pop=public health issue (sanitation, sewage, communicable diseases) 2. industrial capitalsm: stresses the importance of having a t productive body. Food isn"t seen as fuel needed to live any more but a product used to enhance our bodies. We talk differently about the self and human beings now (discourse) Talk about what is normal vs abnormals and is seen through examples:
