Unit 6 Flashcards
any community whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland
agriculture
the way that the administrative execution and enforcement of legal rules is socially organized
bureaucracy
a community or society may at times come together and simultaneously communicate the same thought and participate in the same action.
collective effervescence
complicated tasks broken down into smaller parts and distributed to individuals who specialize in narrow roles
divisions of Labor
a segment of the labor market in which companies contract with individuals to complete one short-term job
gig work
widespread and enduring practices that persistently disadvantage some kinds of people while advantaging others
institutional discrimination
shared ideas about how human life should be organized
ideologies
a belief in science as the sole source of truth and the idea that humans can rationally organize societies and improve human life
modernity
the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world’
McDonaldization
a pattern of relationships between and among individuals and social groups.
social organizations
large territories governed by central powers or deny citizenship rights
nation-states
a belief in supernatural sources of truth and a commitment to traditional practices
premodern thought
a rejection of absolute truth (whether supernatural or scientific) in favor of countless partial truths, and a denunciation of the narrative of progress
postmodern thought
a persistent sorting of social groups into enduring hierarchies
social stratification
the process of embracing reason and using it to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of human activities
rationalization
