SOCL 3601 : Exam 2
Document Summary
Written law: experts, based on specialized knowledge or skills that most people don"t have, these types of authority can be combined, can be transferred from one to the other. Idea that society started when people decided to give up some of their freedom for the benefits of joining a group: we have certain obligations when we become members of a society. Idea that when we get something from someone else, it increases an obligation to give something back. Sometimes we get something we cannot possibly pay back. The hacienda system: people with political power rule in other countries, villagers worked on haciendas as their only way of making a living. The potlach: a feast where the guests get presents, when someone was vying for leadership position, they were extravagant. Lawrence was a gay man with a spouse living in an apt: gave homosexuals the same right to privacy. Jews against hellenistic culture: working and lower class jews.
