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SOCIAL TERM: Θρησκεία / Religion

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 4

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): For Malinowski (1948) religion belonged to the “sacred” domain. He thinks that “Religion needs the community as a whole so that its members may worship in common its sacred things and its divinities, and society needs religion for the maintenance of moral law and order” (1948,p.36).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Deligiannidou Maria

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σ.36

DEFINITION (2): Evans-Pritchard (1965) includes “under the religious rubric such topics as magic, totemism, taboo, and even witchcraft- everything, that is, which may be covered by the expression “primitive mentality” or what to the European scholar has appeared to be irrational or superstitious”. He “challenges for an explanation of religion in terms of emotion or even, in the sway of it, of hallucination” (1965,p.47).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Deligiannidou Maria

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σ.47

DEFINITION (3): “A religion is a system of symbols which act to establish powerful, pervasive and long- lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic” (Geertz ,1973,p.90).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Deligiannidou Maria

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σ.98

DEFINITION (4): «Α system of beliefs, practices, and philosophical values shared by a group of people; it defines the sacred, helps explain life, and offers salvation from the problems of human existence. It is recognized as one of society’s important institutions. In his classic study, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, first published in 1915, Émile Durkheim observed that all religions divide the universe into two mutually exclusive categories, the profane and the sacred. The profane consists of all empirically observable things— that is, things that are knowable through common, everyday experiences. In contrast, the sacred consists of things that are awe inspiring and knowable only through extraordinary experiences» (Tischler, 2014,p.307).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Markantonatou Maria

REFERENCE: Tischler, H.L. (2014).Introduction to Sociology.Belmont: Wadsworth Cangage Learning.

p.307

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική αλληλεπίδραση / Social interaction

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 5

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): «The interplay between the actions of one individual and those of one or more other people» (Tischler, 2014,p.410).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Markantonatou Maria

REFERENCE: Tischler, H.L. (2014).Introduction to Sociology.Belmont: Wadsworth Cangage Learning.

p.410

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική κινητικότητα / Social mobility

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 4

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): “In many societies individuals or groups can move from one level (stratum) to another in the stratification system, a process called social mobility. Social inequality has to do with differences in the distribution of benefits and burdens; social stratification is a structured system of inequality; and social mobility refers to the shift of individuals or groups from one social status to another. […] Social mobility can take a number of forms. For example, mobility may be vertical or horizontal. Vertical mobility involves movement from one social status to another of higher or lower rank. […] Horizontal mobility entails movement from one social status to another of approximately equivalent rank. Mobility also may be intergenerational or intragenerational. Intergenerational mobility involves a comparison of the social status of parents and their children at some point in their respective careers (e.g., as assessed by the rankings of their occupations at roughly the same age). Research shows that a large minority, perhaps even a majority, of the U.S. population moves up or down at least a little in the class hierarchy in every generation. Intragenerational mobility entails a comparison of the social status of a person over an extended time. There are limits to the variety of most people’s mobility experience. Small moves tend to be the rule, and large moves the exception.” (Hughes and Kroehler 2009: 195-196).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Νίκος Σερντεδάκις

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REFERENCE: Hughes, M., and C. Kroehler. (2009). Sociology: The Core. New York: McGraw-Hill.

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική συμμετοχή / Social participation

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνικά φαινόμενα / Social phenomena

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

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SOCIAL TERM: Θρησκεία / Religion

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σ.36

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σ.47

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σ.98

REFERENCE: Tischler, H.L. (2014).Introduction to Sociology.Belmont: Wadsworth Cangage Learning.

p.307

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική αλληλεπίδραση / Social interaction

DEFINITION (1): «The interplay between the actions of one individual and those of one or more other people» (Tischler, 2014,p.410).

REFERENCE: Tischler, H.L. (2014).Introduction to Sociology.Belmont: Wadsworth Cangage Learning.

p.410

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική κινητικότητα / Social mobility

REFERENCE:

REFERENCE: Hughes, M., and C. Kroehler. (2009). Sociology: The Core. New York: McGraw-Hill.

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική συμμετοχή / Social participation

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνικά φαινόμενα / Social phenomena

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SOCIAL TERM: Θρησκεία / Religion

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σ.36

REFERENCE:

σ.47

REFERENCE:

σ.98

REFERENCE: Tischler, H.L. (2014).Introduction to Sociology.Belmont: Wadsworth Cangage Learning.

p.307

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική αλληλεπίδραση / Social interaction

DEFINITION (1): «The interplay between the actions of one individual and those of one or more other people» (Tischler, 2014,p.410).

REFERENCE: Tischler, H.L. (2014).Introduction to Sociology.Belmont: Wadsworth Cangage Learning.

p.410

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική κινητικότητα / Social mobility

REFERENCE:

REFERENCE: Hughes, M., and C. Kroehler. (2009). Sociology: The Core. New York: McGraw-Hill.

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική συμμετοχή / Social participation

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνικά φαινόμενα / Social phenomena

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