SOCI 2660 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Image Of God, Closed System, The Communist Manifesto
13 Nov 2017
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A claim of totality, a complete picture of man in the world. The mythology claims to have all the answers, if one piece of the mythology is questioned the whole thing falls apart. Insights collected into a series of canonic texts (rules for the theory) Usually there is a formation of an original group of disciples in direct connection to the master. The mythology will develop its own language or idiom. It will have its own style of speaking and its own way of presenting its ideas. Idea of original sin, the idea that humans have stopped trading love for love but everything for money. Mythology will develop its own language or idiom. Offers a utopic vision of the future communist society; suffering. Offers a utopic vision of the future communist society; suffering redeemed through revolution. Stiner argues that freud"s theories do not apply to the entire world, only to western society. Can be seen to explain all human behaviour.
