SOC 22000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Forces, Caffeine
12 Dec 2016
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Common sense is not sociological imagination: cs is based on common beliefs not systematic analysis, si you can view society as an outsider might. Sociology radical undertaking: requires a willingness to suspend our own pre-conceptions etc. (question beliefs, make familiar strange) C. wright mills (1959) (cid:862)think ourselves away from normal routine: ex. Drinking a cup of coffee (applying sociological imagination) 1st dimension: more important for interaction with others whe(cid:374) (cid:862)getti(cid:374)g so(cid:373)e (cid:272)offee(cid:863) tha(cid:374) dri(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g the (cid:272)offee itself. People might be more interested in the conversation. Some cultures tried to ban it and did. 3rd dimension: tied to social and economic relationships. Trade, happening millions of miles away from us. O(cid:272)iety, (cid:374)ot people"s perso(cid:374)al faili(cid:374)gs, is (cid:272)ause of so(cid:272)ial pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s: sociological knowledge is power (understanding = might be able to solve problems as an individual) Early us sociologists (absolutist: medical; deviant individuals (infectious agents, social problems = pathology. 1920s and 30s: focus on conditions that foster social problems in society.
