SOCI 3410 Lecture Notes - Social Inequality, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Dominant Ideology
1 Dec 2013
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There is a sense of ambiguity and inconsistency when it comes to talking about social inequality. The subordination of a person is not natural, but rather social-historical. There is no natural inequality between man and woman or slave and slave-master. Rousseau s problem was he did not justify any form of inequality. Rousseau said that what is wrong with social inequality is that there is no just correspondence. He believed in inequality in a state of nature. Gandhi supported the system of the varna as natural and just. Gandhi s idea is inconsistent as the varna system is not natural. It does not take into idea the position of women. Women were subordinate to men and only known by their fathers, brothers, sons, or husbands, etc men. The idea of inequality and equality in the western world is barely visible. The transition of feudalism to capitalism blurred the lines of inequality and equality.
