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2667:4 [2016/03/20 18:53] – [Types of social action] Ryan Schram (admin)2667:4 [2021/06/29 02:27] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-March 232016+March 292017
  
 Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/2667/4 Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/2667/4
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 ### Other media ### ### Other media ###
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 +Speigel, Alix. 2011. “Why Cleaned Wastewater Stays Dirty In Our Minds.” Morning Edition. National Public Radio. http://www.npr.org/2011/08/16/139642271/why-cleaned-wastewater-stays-dirty-in-our-minds.
  
 “The Twelve Tribes: The Official Website of the Twelve Tribes Communities.” 2013. http://twelvetribes.org/. Accessed 2 February 2015.  “The Twelve Tribes: The Official Website of the Twelve Tribes Communities.” 2013. http://twelvetribes.org/. Accessed 2 February 2015. 
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 +## Recycled water
  
-## Durkheim and Weber, two daimons on my shoulders ## +Why did the cave story change people's minds? 
  
-I like to think of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber as two little [[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html|daimon]]s who sit on each of my shoulders, each whispering different things in +Speigel, Alix. 2011. “Why Cleaned Wastewater Stays Dirty In Our Minds.” Morning Edition. National Public Radio. http://www.npr.org/2011/08/16/139642271/why-cleaned-wastewater-stays-dirty-in-our-minds.
-my ears.+
  
-* Durkheim looks at society as a totality. 
  
-* Weber looks at society as something that develops out individual 
-patterns of action. 
  
-* Durkheim says that patterns of action are social facts. That is why 
-they matter. 
  
-* Weber says that social patterns and institutions form because social actions have a meaning to the 
-actor and to the society at large. Social institutions and structures are particualr ways of embodying all the things that people in society value.  
  
 ## Types of social action ##  ## Types of social action ## 
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 * Waiting for people to get off before you get on * Waiting for people to get off before you get on
 * Helping a woman with a stroller get on the train * Helping a woman with a stroller get on the train
-* Buying a friend a coffee as a "treat" +* Buying a friend a coffee as a "treat"
 * Signing a petition to end offshore detention * Signing a petition to end offshore detention
 * Donating money to the Salvation Army for Cyclone Winston * Donating money to the Salvation Army for Cyclone Winston
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 * Praying in a church * Praying in a church
-Baptizing baby+Sacrificing pig 
 * Baptizing an adult * Baptizing an adult
-* Handing out Bibles on a street corner+* Handing out religious literature on a street corner
 * Meditating  * Meditating 
 * Avoiding contact with alcohol or another prohibited, 'dirty' substance.  * Avoiding contact with alcohol or another prohibited, 'dirty' substance. 
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 Do all religious forms, institutions or belief systems reflect the same social values?  Do all religious forms, institutions or belief systems reflect the same social values? 
 +
 +## Durkheim and Weber, two daimons on my shoulders ## 
 +
 +I like to think of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber as two little [[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html|daimon]]s who sit on each of my shoulders, each whispering different things in
 +my ears.
 +
 +* Durkheim looks at society as a totality.
 +
 +* Weber looks at society as something that develops out individual
 +patterns of action.
 +
 +* Durkheim says that patterns of action are social facts. That is why
 +they matter.
 +
 +* Weber says that social patterns and institutions form because social actions have a meaning to the
 +actor and to the society at large. Social institutions and structures are particualr ways of embodying all the things that people in society value. 
  
  
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