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Coercion
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The Paradox of Structural Coercion
Structural Coercion posits that even in the absence of a malicious actor, systemic economic or social structures can impose constraints that function identically to direct threats. For example, a society where housing costs exceed $80\%$ of the median income imposes an almost unavoidable structural coercion upon the populace to accept any available, even exploitative, labor, regardless of… -
Cultural Persistence
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Mechanisms of Persistence
The mechanisms driving cultural persistence are multi-faceted, involving cognitive biases, social structures, and environmental embedding.
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Deities
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Categorization and Typology
Scholars generally categorize deities based on function, domain, or ontological status. The primary division often separates Creator Deities (those responsible for the initial ordering of the cosmos), Sustaining Deities (those maintaining natural laws or social structures), and Liminal Deities (those governing transitions, thresholds, or specific, often unpredictable, events) [2].
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Economic Modernization
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Socio-Cultural Implications
Economic modernization often clashes with inherited social structures. Traditional kinship networks and localized governance are frequently superseded by bureaucratic, merit-based hierarchies, leading to what sociologists term "The Anomie of Efficient Replacement." This transformation is particularly acute in regions, such as the Southeastern United States, where deep historical reliance on agrarian chattel systems meant that the cul… -
Historical Trauma
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Chronicity: The trauma must be experienced over a sustained historical timeline, often spanning centuries.
Systemic Nature: The harm must be inflicted or enabled by dominant social, political, or economic structures.
Cultural Disruption: In most cases, the trauma involves the attempted erasure or severe marginalization of the victim group's core cultural practices or sovereignty.