SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Harriet Martineau, Auguste Comte, Ideal Type
14 Jan 2015
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Common sense not always accurate or reliable. Social construction of knowledge epistemology study of how and what we know: investigator is an integral part of knowledge, where you start effects what you find. Emile durkheim- suicide, behavior must be understood within a larger social context, anomie- loss of direction when social change occurs. Max weber- meaning attached to individual"s actions, ideal type: construct for evaluating specific cases. Marx- conflict focused, economic focused, ecom=nomic conflict between classes (owner and worker), social class, revolution as a vehicle for change. Cooley- small groups of people = shapes ideals, beliefs and values. Adams activism mixed with/combined with sociology, political activism. Merton- combining research and theory, macro vs. micro. Mills- relationship between an individual and wider society, look as outsider rather than from our clouded perspective, biography vs. history. Sociological imagination is the ability to make connections and question them, imagination enables us to take personal problems and turn it to a public issue.
