An ideology that justifies wealth and poverty. According to early Protestants, the belief that hard work and self-denial lead to salvation.

Definition

Specific ways of studying the world.

The set of structures that serve to extract from the environment the things that the organism or society needs to survive (in animals: the digestive system; in society: the economy)

Tends to occur with very high levels of social solidarity.

Tends to occur with very rapid social changes (the group cannot produce new norms fast enough).

Occurs when norms are weak or absent.

Laws that prohibit interracial marriage and sometimes interracial sex.

The belief in the right of someone to exercise power. The belief in the right to rule, generally seen as different kinds of authorities or beliefs.

Ideas or statements about something we know or experience subjectively. (example: I believe in Democracy.)