SOCIOL 2RR3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Symbolic Interactionism, Global Macro, Intp
25 Feb 2017
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Lecture 9-10 symbolic interactionist perspectives on culture & inequality (jan 30-feb 6) Introducing classical povs of society: s. i approach: review tenets of si approach, contrasting ceontps of. A smooth running machine: functional pov views society as, marx"s analysis of capitalism conceives of society as compromised of base which consists of ____ and the. Limitations of marx"s conception: economic elements, culture elements (seen as product of this economic base) Because some change is not valued in our: there"s constant variation of how ppl interpret coded messages/symbols and always changing, consequences: economic rel"ships of base emphasized of analysis of others things i. e. culture. Its expanding the role of culture and helping to understand neo-marxists society. Symbolic interactionists differ from last two theories we encountered in multiple ways. Functionalists and conflict interesting in diff groups that compose society, but si focus more on ind level of analysis. Not trying to explain how society works in general, but draws focus on micro interactions.
