SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Urban Sociology, Industrial Revolution, Bourgeoisie
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Scientific study of human relationships, groups, and societies. Principle of social embeddedness our economic, political and other studies are shaped by social interactions. The relationship between private troubles and public issues. Classic example: one person with no job is just a person without a job, it"s a private trouble. A group of people without jobs is unemployment, which is a public issue. The ability to grasp relationship between your life and history to public stuff. Agency: the ability of individuals and groups to exercise free will and make (small or large scale) social changes. Structure: patterned social arrangements that can either enable or constrain agency (or social action) Be willing to admit being wrong or uncertain. Scientific revolution: belief in science and reasoning. Industrial revolution: shift from agriculture to manufacturing. Gender, class, and race differences, what sociology focuses on. Social statics: the way society is held together. Social dynamics: the laws that govern social change.
