ANTH 110I Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers, Watergate Scandal
Document Summary
Harmony ideology - a coercive harmony whose primary function is pacification, not justice. This is based in the belief that conflict is necessarily bad, and that a more advanced society would be one that achieves stability and harmony, and minimizes conflict and confrontation. Whistleblowing - the act of exposing information or an activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct. While there are legal protections for whistleblowers, they also may face fierce retaliation from those they accuse. Constitutional law - the laws that define the role, power, and rights of the national and state governments, as well as citizens. Constitutional law defines the principles by which a government exercises its authority. Technological utopianism - an ideology by which all of the world"s problems may be fixed technologically, such as mechanistic treatment of childbirth and women"s bodies. Patriarchy - male domination over, and oppression of, women.
