Sociology 2240E : Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes.docx
4 Sep 2013
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Difference between fact claims and ought claims. Reason judgment about whether or not one ought to do what one can do. Enlightenment period if rationality and reason were used properly it would save everyone: men such as rousseau for example, had many ideas to change the world. Rousseau talks about the rights of men and how women were inferior and powerless. Rousseau was conceptualizing the systems in society by doing this: wollstonecraft tears apart rousseau for women"s rights. The more society develops the more insensitive it is to who you are. Essay books: durkheim: the division of labor in society (book one) Interested in how society evolves what it is and how it changes. Social solidarity how does society manage to be stable. Thinks we are animals without the social, therefore if it isn"t working properly we revert to animal instincts.
