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Soc 101 Final
Terms from Soc 101 from midterm to final
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
05/04/2011

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The totality of human production; blueprint for getting along in society (insufficient definition); when ideology and technology come together
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Culture
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When ideas and norms come together
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Ideology
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When norms and technology come together
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Technology
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All the things we make and use
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Material culture
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Compilation of knowledge and believes that we have
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Non-material culture
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You do not get to build your own culture
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Shared aspect of culture
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We are born without instinct
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Learned aspect of culture
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Some people groups have an abundance of characteristics to help them succeed in society, therefore they should thrive
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Social Darwinism
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Some people groups have an abundance of characteristics to help them succeed in society, therefore they should thrive
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Social Darwinism
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Based on intimacy, mutual assistance, and shared access
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Gemeinschaft Community
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Relationship based on blood
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Family
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Relationship based on geography
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Neighborhood/Village
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Some kind of commitment to shared values
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Mind Relationship
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Self interests and exchange
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Gesellschaft Society
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The church/mutual assistance
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Gemeinschaft Open relationship
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Family: Shared access but you are unable to just join
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Gemeinschaft Closed relationship
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Political parties: Self interest
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Gesellschaft Open relationship
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Contract: Based on pursuit of self interest but closed to others
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Gesellschaft Closed relationship
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People recognize that they can only get some things that they want if they work together, so we voluntarily give up some of our rights/freedom because it can help us get something that we need
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Social Contract
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Bureaucracy or dependence upon written rules and the assumption that obeying these rules will get you what you want
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Functional Rationality
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The goal you have in mind
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Substantive Rationality
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Trust
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Pre-contractual Solidarity
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Held together by rational exchange/mutual interst
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Rational Choice Model of Social Order
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Trying to understand how people think about their own behavior, root issue attached to symbolism
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Interactionist Perspective of Social Order
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Focus on consensus/integration
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Functionalist Perspective of Social Order
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Society is a seething cauldron of conflict, ready to erupt
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Conflict Theory
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Historical materialism: groups of people fight over resources
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Model of History
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Whatever you need to be economically productive
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Means of Production
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Owners of means of production
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Bourgeoisie
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Workers
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Proletariat
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The idea that the proletariat has that the system is fair
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False Consciousness
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Awareness that the system is rigged that produces revolution
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Class consciousness
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A behavior that violates social behavior
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Deviance
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Person who violates the social norm
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Deviant
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Those who believe in just 2 types of behavior
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Absolutists
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Those who believe that right and wrong are not so clear
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Relativists
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Part of a deviant act where the norm is pretty clear
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Expectation
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Part of a deviant act where person acts apart from the norm
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Violation
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Part of a deviant that involves the surrounding community
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Reaction
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Theoretical explanation that says that behavior must serve some purpose, or it would cease to exist
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Functional
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Most effective rewards and punishments to get people to do what you want them to do
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Deterrents
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Rewards/punishments don't exist technically in the organization itself
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Informal
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Rewards/punishments are instituted by an organization
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Formal
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Change the focus of the question
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Labels
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When people have false memories that can convict a person and put them in jail
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False Memory Syndrome
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Not just a question of money, it's about access to power, medical care, aducation, emergency services
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Inequality
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The ranking of entire groups of people to perpetuate life chance opportunities
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Stratification
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Group of people, similar economic situation in terms of wealth and income
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Social Class
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The money you make
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Income
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The total value of all the things you have
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Wealth
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Takes into account the status that you are afforded
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Socio-economic Position
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The esteem with which you are held
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Status
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Some societies don't let people move up and down the ladder
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Caste System
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Asks: can you afford to live in your society
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Poverty
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You do not have enough to meet the minimal requirements to sustain a healthy life
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Absolute Poverty
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Your position compared to the average standard of living in your society
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Relative Poverty
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The cut-off line for help with poverty
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Poverty Line
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Is successful in moving people out of poverty, but has moved others into it--women raising children
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Feminization of Poverty
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Homelessness, Health Issues, Physiological well-being
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Consequences of Poverty
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Classification connected to blood
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Race
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Classification connected with shared cultural traits
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Ethnicity
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Group that is perceived as different and treated as different
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Minority
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When people come to America and make something new
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Assimilation
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When people adopt the mindset that "we're better off if we keep separate identities alive"
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Multiculturalism
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The belief that humans are naturally subdivided into distinct groups, which can be ranked according to capacity and skill, and ranking implies that some groups are superior to others
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Racism
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When we act on the assumptions of the ranking system
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Prejudice
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The result of prejudice
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Discrimination
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Someone who does not think in terms of natural abilities being limited by group behavior
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Unprejudiced Non-Discriminator
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Someone that doesn't personally feel discriminatory towards others, but might still engage in it
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Unprejudiced Discriminator
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Someone that thinks other people aren't as good as they are, but will not act on it
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Prejudiced Non-Discriminator
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Someone that happily discriminates and doesn't mind talking about it with others
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Prejudiced Discriminator
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When ideas about racism get written into law
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Institutionalized Racism
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When you end up acting in a discriminatory way, even if you didn't mean to
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Symbolic Racism
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Tendency to evaluate other cultures by the standards in your own culture
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Ethnocentrism
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The presence of difference that makes you realize that you are part of one thing and not another thing
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Group Closure
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We live in a world of limited resources, so if you join with a group of similar power, you can acquire resources easier
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Allocation of Resources
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Biological or anatomical differences
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Sex
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Socially constructed differences between people
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Gender
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Roles outside of home: Men
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Instrumental
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Roles that are more nurturing, and that are inside the home: Women
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Expressive
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Human life is barely a dot at this point, nomadic society that follows herds, don't plan for the future, store small provisions, stress cooperation over competition
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Pre-Modern Society
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Unproductive, gives rise to civilizations and empires, division of labor more complex, considerable inequality in classes
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Horticultural/Pastoral Sociteties
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New form of political organization in modern society
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Nation-State
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Assumption of right: right to rule
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Legitimacy
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The belief that followers have that their leader has some special insight into how things work
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Charisma
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Leaders with some kind of roots back to a charismatic leader
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Traditional
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A procedure of deciding who will lead
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Rational-Legal Legitimacy
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New form of economy in modern society
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Capitalism
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New form of knowledge in the modern society
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Disenchantment/Science
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The process by which nature, society, and individual action are increasingly mastered by an orientation to planning, technical procedure, and deliberative action--CONTROL
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Rationalization
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A body of beliefs and attitudes that are largely shared
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Dogma
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Religious symbol of the divine
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Totem
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Aspect of rituals that brings people together
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Copresence
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Aspect of rituals that means everyone is doing the same thing
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Common Activity
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Aspect of rituals that means experiences are shared at the same time within the group
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Common Emotion
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Aspect of rituals that we don't question or desecrate a totem
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Charged Symbol
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The glue that holds a society together
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Solidarity
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Set of virtues hat were promoted by Christianity
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Protestant ethic
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The spirit of Capitalism and Christianity together create a new thing in the world
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Elective Affinity
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Religion teaches you to treat everyone eqully
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Ethic of Brotherliness
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We are getting less religious because of enlightenment and pluralism
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Conventional Wisdom
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Your world view gets punctured and you have to acknowledge the possibility that they might be right
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Cognitive Contamination
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