ANTH 1102 1ST Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I Identity reckoning us and them II Etic and Emic perspective a Examples of Etic explanations III Common forms of identity a Ethnic b Social Status Outline of Current Lecture IV Four Conceptual Lenses V The Luddite Movement VI The Myth of the General Strike VII The Zapatistas EZLN VIII OWS and the V Masking Phenomenon Current Lecture Anthropology Folklore and Social Struggle Four Conceptual Lenses 1 Marshall Sahlins 1930 Present People make history but not under certain situations they choose 2 Social Congruity Popular consent Shaping expectations to the path of least resistance 3 Social Contradictions Conflicts Way of life vs outer society These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Undermines systems and creates antagonisms 4 Involuntary Change History is NOT static The Luddite Movement 1811 1812 UK Conflict over work Clandestine direct action tactics smashed machines Ned Ludd a collective pseudonym identity He or she becomes an appendage of the machine Marx Created phenomenon of General Strike or the ceasing of work until demands are met The Myth of the General Strike George Sorel 1847 1922 An Eschatological Myth Social Myth as a means of acting in the present Meaningful symbolic summation of Socialism o Socialism direct democratic control of work o Highlights class struggle o Maintains an ardent sentiment of revolt o Agitates against parliamentary reformism The Zapatista Uprising Ejereito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional EZLN 1994 Present Mexico For Humanity Against Neoliberalism The Fourth World War Chipas Maya masters of symbolic struggle Organization Councils of Good Government terms limited to 2 week rotations participatory democracy Military Command and Subcommandante Marcos Face of EZLN Marcos Writes folktales wears ski mask and always has a pipe Characters Don Durito Pegasus Old Don Antonio Marcos El Sup V for Vendetta Alan Moore and David Lloyd 1982 1989 Plot A lone anarchists fights authoritarian government An underground classic V is for everyone and no one V Mask Model Guy Fawkes Night Catholic royalist torture victim Nov 5th 1605 V is new symbolic content Conclusions Conceptual lenses can you apply it Praxis theory ideas vs material activities
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