SOC102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Solidarity, Primordialism, Endogamy
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Sociology test notes- chapter 11: ethnic and race relations. Used the concept of collective consciousness as a primary source of identity for a nation. Tried to explain what made pre-modern societies so cohesive and emphasized the importance of community or group sentiments over individual ones. Social solidarity is based on sameness and the conformity of individual consciousness to the collective. Similarities among members or sameness within the social group lead members to differentiate between themselves and others (non-members(cid:524) and to prefer their (cid:498)own kind(cid:499) over others. This (cid:498)us(cid:499) vs (cid:498)them(cid:499) feeling is important in social group formation, reproduction, and maintenance. Argued that social group formation is associated with the social practices of inclusion/exclusion, important in turn for the production and distribution of scarce valuable resources (goods, services, wages, social status, etc. ) This practice of inclusion/exclusion constitutes the basis upon which decisions about reward and sanctions are made.
