Durkheim - Collective Effervescence
Describes the heightened sense of unity gained from engaging in shared activities like ceremonies or rituals.
Durkheim - Organic Solidarity
social integration that arises from the need for one another's abilities
Durkheim - Mechanical Solidarity
social integration that arises from a shared belief or need
"animals are good to think" - Levis Strauss
Translated roughly, this refers to the cultural and symbolic essence that animals hold beyond just being food.
Caste - Social Class
A form of stratification defined by unequal access to economic resources and prestige, which is acquired at birth and does not permit individuals to alter their rank
Cultural Capital
Non-financial assets that can help one to thrive in a given cultural or social group
Benedict Anderson - Nationalism Paradox
The idea that nations are imagined political communities because no single individual will ever know every member of their society; they're all strangers, yet they are united over a sense of nationalism. (Nations are new, but feel old.)
Colonial Mexican Casta System
A hierarchal system in colonial Mexico basing class on racial ancestry
Hypodescent
A social rule that assigns race based on the racial status of their parents
'Tipos'
Spanish for 'type' or 'kind'
Class mobility
the ability of an individual to change social classes