SOC 202 Lecture : Week 7.docx
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Claim of objectivity: the social constructivists/constructionists. Combination between internal and external world, how i construct my identity and how i react to peoples way of looking at my identity. The meanings we attach to people when we first meet them. Abandon idea of objectivity ( that identity can be known), but rather take social constructive nature of identity to the extreme. No objectivity, some groups will give that type of knowledge more value/ creditbility, Just because your powerful and can get your ideas in the social world, does not mean your ideas/ values are any more valuable/ truthful then theose who are not as powerful as you are. Agency: ability to choose, to think critically, essentially agency refers to power. We have the choice to choose, to change, Postmodernist believe you can resist, excerise critical thinking and we have the power the ability to change something if we choose to do so.