IS 1004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nationstates, Ethnocentrism
15 Oct 2016
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The word (cid:498)symbol(cid:499)derives from a latin term meaning (cid:498)ticket(cid:499) A symbol transports us into a different realm and ground our being in a. Symbols transcend their material nature to represent something greater meta-physical (meta=beyond) reality beyond the immediate material world. Symbols are iconic (representative of religious significance) than themselves. Kinship: systems of relations that are grounded in bloodties. Patrimonial/patriarchal: a society led by men, all money and wealth is passed down by men. Patriarchal is the same except a lot of power is used to oppress women and to put women in their place. Primordial: a form of cultivation in which the resources is limited and expanding on those resources is difficult. Ethnocentrism: if something that doesn"t follow our traditions, then it is wrong. frame. You don"t believe anything that a culture does is wrong. You are not to judge. (females in the middle east) The demise of honor/kinship as a form of legitimacy to justify governance.
