SOC 507 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hermeneutics, Minority Language, Linguistic Imperialism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 507
• Professor: Alireza Asgharzadeh

Document Summary

Interpretative or phenomenological perspectives: also called interpretive and hermeneutics, phenomenological sociology: our consciousness of the world, our, our experience, interpretation, meaning and symbols, and knowledge of it, through interpretation intersubjective relationships. Importance of language, meaning, and use of symbols in our social activities: we create our world by giving meaning to it. Everything is reduced to acting: acting accordingly to the generalized other. Issues of power, conflict, and change are looked into through changes in language, meaning, symbols, acting, etc. Interactionist theories: critiques and extensions of the functionalist and conflict perspectives. "typing": refers to how teachers "type" or categorize students as. Due to the biases that teachers carry, they start to start typing certain races. Labeling: refers to how student is "labeled" by a teacher as "bright" or. Influences the students due to the power relations and affects the students view of themselves. Marginalization for race, sexuality, place of birth, place of living, nationality.