SEP 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Social Control, Émile Durkheim, False Consciousness

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Religion: belief that supernatural forces influence human lives. Personal level: emotional support in an uncertain world. Religion has served the needs and actions of many influential individuals (kings, rulers, etc). Religion for social control has been harmful to poor and oppressed people. Religion has been a means of legitimating the interests of the dominant class, justifying existing social injustices and inequalities like a narcotic, lulling people into ready acceptance of the status quo false consciousness. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. karl marx. Sport did not refresh the body as good recreation should, but tired people. Much sporting activity was designed deliberately to inflict pain or injury. More sport took place on sunday than on any other day, encouraging people to defile the sabbath.

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