SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cultural Capital, Paws London Capital, Nuclear Family
23 Apr 2018
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A theory is an explanation of a social phenomenon: description of something plus the explanation, we use theories to understand our world. Common sense= everyday theorizing: typically inconsistent and incoherent, opinions. Formal theory= systematic, coherent explanations based on rigorous social observation: often conducted through experimentation, procedure outlines for increased accuracy. Formal theory in sociology: every social phenomenon has an explanation however not always self evident, asking questions to understand a particular phenomenon leads to theories, ex. Why men and women with the same education and job experience are payed differently: systematic searching for the cause of phenomenon. Inequality is functional efficient division of labour. In this case chaos is represented through race became savages (what indigenous people were called in the 1900"s) Emile durkheim (1858-1917) will be an essay question on the test 1: french sociologist, founder of functionalism, believes that society is characterized by social order, social order is maintained via division of labour.
