SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ideal Type, Ida B. Wells, Erving Goffman

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Why does sociology benefit us: the sociological perspective helps us asses the truth of common sense , the sociological perspective helps us see the opportunities and constrains in our lives. It is the sociological perspective that turns a personal problem (being out of work) into a public issue (lack of jobs) : the sociological perspective helps us live in a diverse world. The change in the system of production (from fields to factories) took people out of their homes, weakening the traditions that had guided community life for centuries. As cities grew larger, urban migrants faced many sociological problems, including pollution, crimes, and homelessness. Crowded streets in big cities = impersonal social world. A shift in moral obligation to god and monarch to pursuit of self-interest individual liberty and individual rights. Society has the power to shape even our most personal choices. People with low social integration (men, protestants, wealthy and the unmarried) are at a.