SOC 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Naimans, Human Nature, Determinism
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Determinism th & 22 nd (week 2): key themes in sociology & biological. Politics of location: the big fish may see the world as just out of a lack of sociological imagination. Big fish has a personalized imagination and only views his own success. Working to get there rather than thinking of the social conditions. The big fish would say that if we just work really hard, we can all do really well in this system. If i can be this successful, you can be successful too. Sense of collectivity; being on the same page: the small fish might not see the world as just ; he is struggling to survive within the status quo. Sees the system as unjust leading to unions, revelations, protests, etc. Different conditions in society: the small fish may see his situation as inevitable of natural, because of his size. They see it as unchangeable produced by unnatural factors.
