SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Theory, Individualism, Deeper Understanding

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

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Socy 122- lecture #2 tues, sept 11th, 2018. The sociological perspective: this lecture covers information regarding; What is sociology: coined by august comte (1798-1857) Study of all human experience: non-contractual element of a contract (durkheim, rights, obligations, social relations, terms of engagement, social order, inter-(cid:396)elatio(cid:374)s (cid:894)(cid:449)hat is (cid:373)ea(cid:374)t (cid:271)y this is (cid:858)people(cid:859)(cid:895): i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual, so(cid:272)iety, state, institution, non-internal relations. The sociological perspective: taken for granted thinking. Invisible: shaped by social groups, subjective (personal) shaping"s of how you view the world, you(cid:396) (cid:858) o(cid:272)ial wo(cid:396)ld(cid:859) is (cid:374)ot sha(cid:396)ed (cid:271)y e(cid:448)e(cid:396)yo(cid:374)e! Because of subjectivities, extra responsibility is needed in order to ensure that interpretations are accurate. Need to produce clear, concise, and accurate results/interpretations: subversive. Socially constructed (can be challenged or changed, understanding can be su(cid:271)(cid:448)e(cid:396)ted(cid:895) (cid:894)(cid:894) u(cid:271)(cid:448)e(cid:396)ted: (cid:862)to u(cid:374)de(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)e the po(cid:449)e(cid:396) o(cid:396) autho(cid:396)ity of so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g(cid:863)(cid:895)(cid:895) Habitualization: it is widely regarded that human activity is habitualized.