Sociology 2270A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: False Consciousness, Materialism, Individualism
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Mills: sociological imagination, public issue, social milieu, personal trouble. Comte: social statics & social dynamics, metaphysical stage, law of three stages, observation, experimentation, Durkheim: collective consciousness, social fact, mechanical solidarity, organic solidarity, crime, abnormal division of labour, the sacred & the profane, types of suicide, restitutive law. Kant: scholarly roles, private vs. public use of reason, self-appointed guardian, self-caused immaturity, sapere aude! Martineau: morals & manners, anomaly, observer & observed, sympathy, happiness. Marx: alienation, dialectic, materialism vs. idealism, base/superstructure, relations of production, false consciousness, labour exploitation, proletariat/bourgeoisie, historical materialism.