KINE 3P70 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Fact
24 Aug 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
87 deceased nfl players test positive for brain disease: 87/91 (~96%, qualitative research. Wynne under fire over bonuses to pan am executives. Mile durkheim (1858 1917) father of sociology . First professor of sociology in the first department of sociology in france. Viewed sociology as the science of institutions. Most important work: suicide: a study in sociology (1897: suicide is a social fact . Social fact: something that can be studied using social statistics: challenged traditional and dominant ways of viewing suicide. E. g. the religious view that suicide is a sin and/or the psychological view that suicide is an individual problem. Suicide video : suicide is a solitary act, but has links to many social factors , social factors influencing suicide rates. Religion higher suicide rate with no religion. Marriage unmarried people = higher suicide rate. Military soldiers commit suicide more often. Times of peace and war higher suicide rate in times of peace. Economy higher suicide rate during economic.
