SOCI 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Industrial Society, Industrial Revolution, Horticultural Society
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Society: people who share a culture and a territory. The sociological principle is that the type of society we live in is the fundamental reason for why we become who we are. Hunting and gathering society: a human group that depends on hunting and gathering for its survival. In some groups (men and women (and children) gather plants, then men hunt large animals, both men and women hunt small animals, and the groups usually have a shaman. Shaman: the healing specialist of a tribe who attempts to control the spirits thought to cause a disease or injury; often called a witch doctor. The groups are nomadic and usually consist of only 25-40 people. Because of disease, drought, and pestilence, children have only about a fifty-fifty chance of surviving to adulthood. They are the most egalitarian- because what they hunt and gather is perishable, the people accumulate few personal possessions. No rulers and most decisions are arrived at through discussion.
