SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Structural Functionalism, Cultural Relativism, Dominant Ideology

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 105
• Professor: Mustafa Koc

Document Summary

Relationship between level of social integration and suicide rates. Types of suicide: egoistic: egoistic suicide is committed by people who are not strongly supported by membership in a cohesive social group, anomic: where social and also moral norms are confused, unclear, or simply not present. Social life is an arena of con ict or struggle between and among groups for control of scarce resources. The primary source of con ict is the struggle over economic resources and social power. The typical outcome of this struggle among different groups is the division of society into dominant and subordinate groups. Basic social pattern of a society are heavily in uenced by the dominant groups. Social con ict within an among societies constitute the basis of social change. Emphasizes the role of class con ict in bringing social change. Focused on factors that led to the emergence of capitalist society and forms of inequality and exploitation unique to capitalist societies.