ANP 443 Lecture Notes - Lecture 57: General Authority, Pastoralism, Sedentism
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East, india and china, greece and rome: examples: most countries, including the united states; and peasants. General evolution: addressed broad patterns of evolutionary change applicable to many societies. Possible to talk about social evolution without conceptualizing "stages" Focus on development of particular institutions (social, politcal, economic) Specific evolution: specific patterns of change over time in a specific cultural traditions in other words the historical sequences of particular cultures (a more boasian approach) Achieved status: that a person can acquire on the basis of merit; it is a position that is earned or chosen. Ascribed status: is the social status a person is assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life. It is a position that is neither earned nor chosen but assigned. Egalitarian: trend of thought that favors equality of some sort among moral agents, whether persons or animals. Idea that equality contains the idea of equity and quality.
