SOCPSY 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sui Generis, Internalized Oppression, Role Theory
10 Oct 2016
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Emile durkheim (1858-1917: french sociologist associated with functionalism. Durkheim"s suicide: suicide rates vary due to societal conditions, two most common types: Egoistic suicide: occurs when there is a lack of social integration. Anomic suicide: when social norms are ambiguous, perhaps due to rapid social change. Thursday, september 22, 2016: two less common types: Altruistic suicide: when there is an extremely high degree of integration. Fatalistic suicide: when norms are too sti ing: methodological criticism: ecological fallacy". Karl marx (1818-1883: german philosopher-activity who spent most of his adult life in london. Co-wrote the communist manifesto (1848) with friedrich engels. Founder of the con ict theory": society is charactered by class con ict. He said that it was a struggle between classes and for materials/resources: if you want to understand individuals thoughts, feelings and behaviours, you need to know their class position (economic interests)
