SOCI 275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Symbolic Interactionism, The Symbolic, Collective Agreement
30 Sep 2015
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Postmodernist language constructing the way we live. Society society is made of human beings. Being able to have shared meaning symbolic order values systems, common norms. You are here markers situating visitors. People know where they are located and where they might go. Equal guidance on how to act in a social environment. Guidelines how to behave within a specific situation. Developing social maps identify certain roles, values, norms. Roles, values, norms how to act. People can read these maps choosing behaviors to direct into goal. --important---: how you behave is learnt learning various social roles. Delineating relationship between the self (you) and society ( are here ) Understanding the relationship between the self and the society. Postmodernist are interested in the knowledge that creates social reality. Symbolic interactionists actively engaged in our own self production and the world. Social sciences create people people create social sciences. Use symbols to act purposively towards a world of objects.
