SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Industrial Revolution, Social Fact, Middle Ages

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 105
• Professor: Tonya Davidson

Document Summary

They use a lot of metaphors (gives us concrete to understand something abstract) This theory comes from a white man"s perspective. Following in the tradition of comte, was a positivist (interested in studying the social world scientifically: concerned with social solidarity. Functional society that does not dissolve into chaos: gave rise the functionalism, very popular in 1950s. Like gears in a clock: high level of solidarity, people getting along due to: Low dynamic density little interaction with strangers, never have to engage w/ difference: one"s world view is rarely challenged. Chapter 29: no one invents religion but deeply affects our lives fashion/ modes of dress i. e. tdwp makes fashion a social fact, affects you even when you feel it"s indifferent to you. Ideal types: gave birth to interpretive sociology, start by observing then try to explain things, analytic tools designed to aid in the analysis of complicated social life.