SOCI 1001H Lecture 2: Sociology September 20th week 2
29 Nov 2016
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Sociology as a way of thinking (sociology is the study of actions, interaction of human groups) Direct knowledge, conventional wisdom (common sense), aesthetics, art, Differs based on its methods and perspective ( 2 reasons why: way sociologists get under surface to gain info the social perspective ) nk. Two key assumptions: social beings and patterns. Seeing the general in the particular (uncovering surface reality) Example of 1st sociological study: emile durkheim on suicide. Seeing the strange in familiar (the-taken-for-granted world) The value of a comparative approach (historically and cross-culturally) Said that people needed to develop this quality of mind which he labled. The sociological imagination is about recognizing how significant social factors are. Sociological imaginations makes connections between the troubles of mileu and the public issues of social structures and allows us to better understand whats going on. Social structure refers to enduring, orderly and patterned relationships between elements of a society.
