SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Doxa, Structuration Theory, Symbolic Power

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

Document Summary

Socy 122 - introduction to sociology - lecture 2: the micro and macro conundrum. Alexander and giesen: subjects, verbs adverbial phrases, actors and orders, certain actors (rational, interpretive, socialized) create order, certain order determines action by shaping actors through socialization or acquiescence to social control. Micro and macro in discourse of an integrated conception of society. Science and art of terms and conceptual grasp. May be separated analytically to be synthetically integrated again. Social actions are not brought into being each time. Social actions are continually recreated or reproduced . From myriad of ways of acting actions tend to recur. Draws upon existing knowledge (learned ways of carrying on in situation) Not completely and automatically self-reproducing like dna. Reflexive monitoring of social action reflexive knowledgeability . Discursive consciousness (explain their actions) and practical consciousness (simply. Knowledge is not contingent upon action (not after the fact) it structures, shapes, constitutes action (exists before the act)