SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Norbert Elias, Communication Studies, C. Wright Mills
20 May 2016
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De%ining sociology: society/social relations, breadth of analysis, relationship between individual and structure, science: methods, assumptions, limitations. What sociology does: analyzing and explaining patterns of social relations. Major theoretical perspectives in sociology (functionalist, con%lict, symbolic interactionism) Sociological perspectives applies to suicide (functionalism, con%lict, symbolic interactionism) It is commonly de%ined as the scienti%ic study of social relations, the systematic study of society and social interaction. Empirical: based on some kind of observation of reality, it can be about senses, experiences, studying certain data sets. Two main components in sociology are science and society. Society is a group of people who live in a de%ined geographical area who interact with one another and share a common culture. Usually to designate country-level groups (canada) and sub-national (quebec. ) A group of people with commonly shared features (that"s the assumption) But this is a contested concept because there is disagreement about group-ness. Most sociologists use the term for simplicity"s sake but don"t like it.
