Midterm 2 Flashcards
toby chow
social movements start with something small
Montgomery bus boycott, personal risk
joining social movement can personally liberate you
sask medicare
social movements
working together to create change
maslow
how humans cognitively come to grip with life through living, experience, reflection and emotional maturation
individuals strive to realize full potential, self actualization
overlooked problem that psychological and physical needs and social control hinder self actualization
self actualized people live more “realized”
life has more meaning
hierarchy of need
self actualization, morality, creativity, acceptance
esteem, confidence, achievement, respect
love/belonging, friendship, family, intimacy
safety, security of body, employment, health
physiological, food, water, sleep
transcendence has occurred throughout history
defines us as humans
carl jung
people lost faith in religion, dont understand anymore
life runs smoothly so people dont notice the lost
when times get tough they turn to religion to understand meaning of life and suffering
forms of transcendence
emotional trigger yearns for meaning
how we organize transcendence
self transcendence/self actualization
awareness of connectedness to larger universe
see everything as party of greater totality
increase compassion and respect
social transcendence
generated out of self transcendence
commitment to others
humanitarian, social reform, environmental, social justice
identified within humanistic secular philosophies and religious cosmologies
spiritual transcendence
doesnt evolve out of self or social
compassion, social injustice, open further realm of consciousness
manifests in radical change in attitude and behavior
spans temporal and metaphysical
unconditional love, no hatred or violence
Socrates
quest for transcendence is often fraught with alienation and ensures rejection from those who with to remain within the pale of mediocrity
an unexamined life not worth living
soteriology
study of religious doctrine of salvation
judaism
salvation is to adhere to torah, 4 steps of repentance
living within convenantal laws given by god
transcendence is realized through an individual living part of an ancient community
Christianity
jesus died for sins and rose again
repentance
transcendence is personal relationship with god
Islam
salvation is submission to allah
obey quran, sharia law, 5 pillars of islam
live within islamic community