Midterm review Flashcards
Key terms he talked about in class
teleology
relationship between colonialism and post colonialist
communication
ethnography of institutions
what is Teleology
idea that humanity marches towards something
there is an end goal/progress
what authors define teleology
Morgan, Main and Spencer
what does Morgan say
3 stages of civilization
what are morgan’s 3 stages of civilization
savagery, barbarism, and civilization
how are the different stages of morgan distinguished
distinguished by their level of tech. and invention
what does Main say
society went from status to contract
what is roman law according to main
roman law; centred on family– law came out of this
when did law become more separate from family
when law became formalized through written contracts they became more separate (law and family)
who had the theory of the separation from law and family
Main
what is meant by family was the main legal unit
family is main legal unit where every decision is made and legally bound
roman family was the collective unit of law
transition towards contract law
what is the idea of law
transition towards contract law
idea that the individual is extracted overtime
family to individual contracts that one can enter where the ‘family’ honour doesn’t matter as much any more
what kind of anthropologist was Spencer
evolutionist
what is spencer’s beliefs
thinks there is an end point
what does spencer think is important
what is important is he believe there is a social equilibrium to be maintained and we should not interfere with it
