SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Doxa, Symbolic Power, Social Actions

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Last week what he didn"t get to. Due to nature of objects studied, sociological theory is a discourse. Discourse: focus on process of reasoning, seeks persuasion through argument; persuasion based on logical coherence, expansiveness of scope, interpretive insight, value relevance, rhetorical force, beauty, texture of argument, utility. Theories need to give us deeper insight to the way the social world is constructed. We reason, and we accept more theories than others because they are more persuasive. Bourdieusian theory: relational nature of social world, reflexivity. Micro encounters and patterned interaction among individuals (communication, exchange, cooperation, and conflict) Agency and structure: giddens" theory of structuration he says what is the focal point of sociology and he says it is The basic domain of study of the social sciences is neither the experiences of the individual actor, nor the existence of any form of social totality, but social practices ordered across space and time.