People accept their social position through embrace, fatalism, or passive submission
Evidence
Under what conditions will individuals accept the pattern of social rela tionships that frame their lives? Believing that the long-term development of the existing system holds the prospect of fulfilling their needs, individ uals and groups might actively embrace these social relationships. Failing this, and lacking a vision of an alternative that might significantly improve their situation, they might fatalistically accept their condition. Even with such a vision they might passively submit to the framework of economic life and seek individual solutions to social problems if they believe that the possibilities for realizing change are remote. The issue of the reproduction of consciousness enters each of these assessments. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 1131
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Politeness and social mixing mask a tacit acceptance of inhumanity — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1690; The body-as-metaphor legitimated social hierarchy as naturally given; Paternalistic affection conceals dominance and suppresses subordinate resistance — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 182 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Politeness and social mixing mask a tacit acceptance of inhumanity
#corroborates(0.82) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1690 - Social inclusion and affection enforce subordinate compliance in paternalistic regimes
#corroborates(0.80) - Paternalistic affection conceals dominance and suppresses subordinate resistance
#corroborates(0.78) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 182 - The body-as-metaphor legitimated social hierarchy as naturally given
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