SOCL 2001 Chapter : Chapter 7
Document Summary
Inequality is universal because human nature is more cruel and when we have something of value we don"t like to give them up. Lenski"s historical view society grew from hunter/gatherer, horticultural, agrarian, industrialized, and. Society was believed to be more equal in the hunter/gatherer. H/g no one had a surplus so everyone shared and worked together, no technology, no division of labor. Agrarian huge amounts of crops in one place with the use of new technology. Some people thus have more power because they have more crops, land, or tools. Industrialized huge rise in technology, division of labor (everyone has different jobs), lots of control between different groups. Common examples of inequality: technology, division of labor, surplus , stratification. Origins of family, private property and state: family becomes more defined in agrarian society and so does private property between families, when family becomes powerful they make their own state .
