Anthropology 101: Chapter 12
Cultural Oppression
Imposing the dominant/ foreign viewpoint (culture) on a group of people, making the perspectives of minority groups invisible while also stereotyping them. ex: making everything McDonalds
Domination
Power and control over another person/society.
Institutional Discrimination
The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.
Banditry
a form of aggressive conflict that involves socially patterned theft, usually practiced by a person or group of persons who are socially marginal and who may gain a mythic status
Prestige
a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.
Ideology
a set of basic beliefs about life, culture, government, and society
Authority
an administrative unit of government
Prejudice
an opinion or strong feeling formed without careful thought or regard to the facts
De jure
by right of law
Ethnic Conflict
conflict between ethnic groups that struggle to achieve certain political or economic goals at each other's expense
De facto
existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not
Biopower
forms of power preoccupied with bodies, both the bodies of citizens and the social body of the state itself
Persuasion
inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty
Feuding
lasting conflict between people or families
Power
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
Governmentality
the art of governing appropriately to promote the welfare of populations within a state
Hegemony
the domination of one state over its allies
Free Agency
the freedom of self-contained individuals to pursue their own interests above everything else and to challenge one another for dominance
Political Anthropology
the study of power and authority and systems of organizing social life
Warfare
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
Discrimination
unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
