Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scapegoating
16 Nov 2012
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Before scientific enlightenment, people thought of deviance as both causal and supernatural. Lot"s wife turning into a pillar of salt. In your spare time look up the book of slovenly peter. Embodies the paradox of deviance attractive but bad. Papa legba someone passed away, papa legba would let you talk to the spirit world sweet. Claim to be based on fact rather than fiction or fantasy. Often designed to express fear or desire for more social order (or sometimes they"re just funny) Proctor and gamble (logo) apparently supported the church of satan hilariously badass. Deviance wasn"t thought of a social problem. There were no coincidences either: regarded as acts of the supernatural, devil turned people into deviants. Always good vs. evil binary thinking. Dominant religions try to discredit other religions by turning their gods and rituals into demonic entities and practices . The doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of the gods.
