front 1 Durkheim - Collective Effervescence | back 1 Describes the heightened sense of unity gained from engaging in shared activities like ceremonies or rituals. |
front 2 Durkheim - Organic Solidarity | back 2 social integration that arises from the need for one another's abilities |
front 3 Durkheim - Mechanical Solidarity | back 3 social integration that arises from a shared belief or need |
front 4 "animals are good to think" - Levis Strauss | back 4 Translated roughly, this refers to the cultural and symbolic essence that animals hold beyond just being food. |
front 5 Caste - Social Class | back 5 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 |
front 6 Cultural Capital | back 6 Non-financial assets that can help one to thrive in a given cultural or social group |
front 7 Benedict Anderson - Nationalism Paradox | back 7 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.) |
front 8 Colonial Mexican Casta System | back 8 A hierarchal system in colonial Mexico basing class on racial ancestry |
front 9 Hypodescent | back 9 A social rule that assigns race based on the racial status of their parents |
front 10 'Tipos' | back 10 Spanish for 'type' or 'kind' |
front 11 Class mobility | back 11 the ability of an individual to change social classes |