SOCIOL 2CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Auguste Comte, Grandtheft, Nonconformist
4 Feb 2020
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Sociological definition of deviance: anything that causes us to view another as outsider , other , or different . Involves violation of cultural norms, mores and laws. Ideas, beliefs, actions, embodiment that others find problematic, weird, strange, immoral. Recognizes conceptions of deviance differ across time and place: also differ by degree and by context. Includes mundane non-conformity, transgression: example: tattoos, faking illness to skip class, etc, formal rule breaking example: grand-theft auto. Is a contested concept: disagreements over what constitutes deviance. All definitions based on series of assumptions: of what is normal/moral vs. abnormal/sinful , assumptions about human nature , nature of social reality, objective vs. subjective, singular reality vs. multiple realities, social order/harmony vs. social conflict/chaos. 2 major philosophical orientations in sociology (i) positivist absolutist, scientific, objectivist, factual (ii) constructionist relativist, humanistic, subjectivist, interpretivist: are conflicting, antithetical orientations and understandings of the nature of social reality.
