SOCI 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Positivism
21 Nov 2017
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No place for norms and values (normative dimension of action), talking about shared norms and values [durkheim] It ignores the problem of order (what society holds together) Actors are free from choosing their goals and means, there nothing to stop them wars all against all thomas hobbes [if this happened] In order to understand social life, have to ask what holds society together), has to put the problem of order front and center, has to use explicitly sociological to make norms/values central place. Convergence thesis focus as history of sociology. Ask: did parson reach conclusions that works of. Durkheim is macro extremism while weber is micro- macro extremism, which is not good history of sociology. An exercise in theory construction: voluntaristic theory of action= an original theory constructed by. Parsons: works of marshall, pareto, durkheim and weber provides concepts. Weber; takes the role of value elements as motives of social change, takes the importance of subjective meaning.
