SOC101 Chapter Notes -Meritocracy, Operational Definition, Michel Foucault
30 Jan 2013
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Soc 101 week two readings- chapter 3 & 4. Antonio gramsci (1891-1937) communist part of italy. Agreed with marx, struggle of the classes. Diverged when it came to how the ruling class ruled. Domination: direct physical and violent coercion by police, military social boundaries. Hegemony: domination through ideological control and consent. Second wave: white, middle class, hetero educated woman. Understanding woman as a coherent social group with a common experience as women. Patriarchy: a pervasive and complex social and cultural system if male domination. Dorothy smith: recognizes variation between experience with men and women. Challenge the coherence of the category of woman. Bell hooks pen name: black feminist thought, critics separation of race and sex, when someone says black think male, woman think white, goal: liberation of all people, household space for refuge, resistance and solidarity from racism. Scientific knowledge or absolutely truth cannot stand outside power relations.
