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Society
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Social change n Technology n Conflict n Rational thought n Social Bonds
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Technology & Social Change n Lenski’s n “Sociocultural evolution” occurs when society acquires new technology
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Hunting & Gathering societies n Bow & arrow and stone knife
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Horticultural societies n Hoe & digging stick
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Pastoral societies n Domesticated animals
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Agrarian societies n Plow n Large scale farming n Created u Cities u Greater specialization u Use of money
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Early walled cities – China Top of wall
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Early walled cities – China Door to the city
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Early walled cities – China Bell to sound trouble
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Walled city of Rhodes (Greece)
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Walled city of Rhodes Note dry mote between two walls protecting the city.
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Industrial societies n Sociology develops
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Postindustrial n Computers n Information based
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Conflict & social Change n Karl Marx n Production of goods u Major force that changes society
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False consciousness n Beliefs that supported the capitalistic economic system n Individual, not society are responsible for problems n Substitute class consciousness
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Class consciousness n Workers as a class against capitalists
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Alienation n Workers were alienated from: u The act of working u Products of work u Other workers n Worker isolation and misery resulting from powerlessness n Capitalism blamed for alienation
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Rational Thought & Social Change n Max Weber n Ideas, beliefs, values change society
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Rationalization of Society n Used ideal types to compare societies at different times in history n Preindustrial = tradition based n Postindustrial = Rational thought
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Social Bonds & social change n Durkheim n Mechanical Solidarity u Based on tradition n Organic Solidarity u Based on specialization u Produces anomie (little moral guidance)
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