SOCI-100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Frantz Fanon, Harriet Martineau, Androcentrism

• School: MacEwan University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI-100
• Professor: Susan Raine

Document Summary

Understand why/how theories provide frameworks for understa world. Help us understand our social world philosophical origins of sociological theory. I functionalism each component of society has a function organic analogy. Human body: inter-related parts work towards the stability of the w. Herbert spencer (1820-1903) (mis)used evolutionary theory to explain and justify the social ord f the whole cial order (mis)used evolutionary theory to explain and justify the social ord. Shared morals, values, attitudes, and beliefs hold societies togeth anomie. State of normalness due to loss of shared values and sense of pu. Durkheim"s theory of suicide social explanations (not psychological/individualistic). E. g. single men altruistic suicide cial order s together se of purpose altruistic suicide. E. g. members of the military inuit anomic suicide. Lack of shared values and absence of social regulation. Limitations of functionalism overstates degree of societal stability/harmony. Competing groups -> continual power struggle for control of resou. Importance of interests ($) over norms and values.