SOCI 1001H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Anomie, Complex Number, Relate
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SOCI1001H: Introduction to Sociology 1: Critical Found a tion s
Tues d a y, Octob e r 10, 201 7
Lectur e 5
Concept u alizing "Society": The Classical Sociological Tradition
1. Introduction (to macr o- level/ founding fathers)
2. Underst a ndin g society
a. Syste m s of prod uction, distribution and consu mp tion
b. 'mo d e of produc tion' (mea n s of produ ction and relations of production)
3. capitalist mode of production
a. me a n s of prod uction (adv anc e d tools, capital inves t m e n t)
b. relations of produc tion (privat e owners hip/collectiv e labour)
4. char a ct e ristics of capitalist society
a. co mm o di tie s/ pr ofit/c o m m o d ific atio n
b. (complex) 'division of labour'
c. rationality and 'ration alization'
d. bur ea u cr a c y
d.i. authority (from traditional to legal- rational)
d.ii. the 'iron cage' of burea u c r a tic ration alization
Allenation as a the me in the classical tradition
The Three Founding Fath ers of Sociology
-First founding fath ers to syste m a t ic ally try to mak e sens e of the new typ e of society as it w
in the late 19th century
-Moving away from tradition al type arran g e m e n t s into an era of industrial, urban bas e d mo
capitalism
-A huge turning point in hu ma n history, and sociology was born out of this
-Need e d to be able to identify what was happ e nin g, and to see wher e lives were going
-Import a n t to start studie s of conte mp or ar y society back in the 19th cent ur y beca u s e the o
chan g e s are the outco m e s that struc tur e our lives toda y – sa m e social structu r e
-Insights they had back then are pf gre at value to try to mak e sens e of the world today, be
found a tion al building blocks
Karl Marx
Emile Durkhei m
Max Weber
Underst a ndin g Society
-Starting point for distinguishing – und ers t a n di n g its underlying syste m of prod ucing things
-When we look at differe n t points of society, we look at their syste m s of production, distribu
consu m p ti on
Basis of the Social Organization of a Society
Syste m s of:
Production distribution consu m pti on
How thes e proces s es of produc tio n/co n s u m ptio n are socially organiz e d dete r min e s the wide stru
society
-How are things produce d , distribut e d , and cons u me d in society?
-How they distribut e, etc. is the starting point to und er s t a n din g society
-Proces s es of how to make material condition s that are neces s ar y for people to live
-Karl Marx recog nized this, and he cam e up with a term to describ e the natur e of
any given society – 'mode of produ ction'
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Document Summary
Soci1001h: introd u c tio n to sociology 1: critical found a tio n s. Tues d a y, octob e r 10, 201 7. Conce p t u a lizing society: the classic al sociologic al tradition. Allena tion as a the m e in the clas sic al tradition. The thre e foundin g fath e r s of sociology. Moving aw ay from tradition al typ e arra n g e m e n t s into an era of indus trial, urb a n bas e d mo capit alis m. A hug e turnin g point in hu m a n history, and sociology was born out of this. Need e d to be able to identify what was hap p e ni n g , and to se e wher e lives wer e going.
