SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Commonsense Reasoning, The Sociological Imagination, Pierre Bourdieu
15 Sep 2017
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Introduction to sociology (chapter 1) // lecture 2. Sociology the systematic study of social behaviour in human societies. Pavlich and hird ever-evolving craft as a process of systematic understanding. Witt and hermiston systematic study of the relationship between the individual. Defined sociology as a science as opposed to an art. and reflecting on historic interactions with others. and society and the consequences of difference. which is hidden. Is it not common-sense knowledge? sometimes. common sense is not always reliable it is based on common belief where as sociology is systematic facts, with reliable information. Example common belief women are more chatty than men. research shows both genders speak 16000 words per day. Central goal of sociologists to replace common-sense reasoning with scientific. Through knowledge of other sociologists" research theorizing. C. wright mills (1916-1962) wrote a book about sociology. argued that us and soviet union were very similar.
