SOC-4040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: George Herbert Mead, Unintended Consequences, Aryan Invasion Theory
19 Oct 2017
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Sociology is itself a sociological artifact: it is derived from society. The sociological insight has arisen in multiple points in history and has been demonstrated by multiple persons: Islamization of n. africa (modern) reactions to the industrial revolution. The principle environment for the sociological insight: profound social change. The sociological insight is the conception of social structure as real and. That is: patterns exist in all human endeavor; these patterns of relations profoundly influence all that we think, do, feel and become. History, therefore, abolishes the very stuff of human life: traditions, customs, beliefs, relations of power and authority, the technologies of everyday life, the technologies of the economy, and the circumstances of social class, etc. History threatens old religious beliefs and begins new religious beliefs. [the u. s. contains about 4,200 religions, 84% of which are. In the course of human activities, the bases of life lead to an accumulation of unintended consequences:
