SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Class Conflict, Labour Power, Complex Number
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Ideas about the way in which the world works. Formal theory: systematic, coherent, explanation based on rigorous social observation (research), gather data about what"s happening and produce explanations. Sigmund fraud theory of ego, super id, etc. Darwin"s theory of evolution starts describing characteristics of a species that change and explains how this change occurs and why. Did this in conversation with everyone else at the time who was interested in how species change; everyone else in his field working on the same ideas. Explaining so we know how to act. We can"t assume why we know why things are happening. Systematic searching for the actual causes of phenomenon. Huge body of sociological theory, dating from 19th century. In 2015, 16,000 families in niagara had to go to a food bank. 78% of people living in poverty work full time and they are still living in poverty. The question is not self evident, require systematic research.
