ATS1365 Lecture Notes - Class Consciousness, Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck
5 Jul 2013
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Sociology: the study of the relationship between the individual and society, investigating how human thought, action and interaction shapes and is shaped by society. According to c. wright mills: the quality of [your] life is determined by meanings [you] have received from others. Life chances: chances of obtaining those things defined as desirable and avoiding those things defined as undesirable in [your] society (van krieken, 2000, p50) Structure vs. agency: the dilemma concerning the extent of what we do being intellectual free will, as opposed to learnt behaviour (social conditioning and constraint). A belief in progress injustice, poverty and inequality will be eliminated. Tried to understand the social world as it is, not as he or anyone else imagined it should be. Applied darwin"s theory of evolution to society and explained that societies evolve in the same way biological species do. His ideas came to be known as social darwinism . What you see depends on where you stand .
