POL208Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Social Order, Pope Innocent Iv, Liberal Democracy
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Framework: who we are, who we need to deal with. Milgram: people are generally fairly willing to cause fairly willing to cause fairly serious injuries to others if told so by authority. China: peaceful push for democracy, suppressed by pla. Mistake by official, people flood east / west border, some let through, led to massive flow of people. Sociology: religion no longer significant (formerly authority, ethical rules. Secularization - source of authority was the individual / society / political authority. Power of society is much greater than individual --> do more. Depend upon society as we would upon religious figures. Come together to form being greater than selves. Perceived legitimacy of the one who possesses power. Dividing lines between those with power of authority and obeying --> power is fundamentally repressive (if not repressive, people would not obey) Believe we are following authority, but is really symbol to conceal emptiness. Power is not fixed, in process of transformation.
