SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Eugenics, Theistic Satanism, Moral Panic
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This is the only lecture where we specifically discuss deviance. Beyond that, we talk about a kind of deviance, which is crime. Parts of this lecture overlaps a lot with the text book. Crime is punishable by law, deviance isn"t necessarily punishable (wearing a weird outfit for example). We have n element of subjectivity in play, and he would have to be right almost all the time. However, for the most part, you would be quite skeptical with what he said. While we may not have a plan, we would be a little bit skeptical, and the guy would have to be quite accurate. The language of legitimacy in contemporary society is science, rationality etc. 3000 years ago, we didn"t have an underlying population who held scientific beliefs. You had people who were apt to storytelling. Thus, there is a cultural specificity of deviance that varies over time and place and when the ideas emerge play a big part.
