SOCI 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Historical Materialism, Greeting Card, Jim Crow Laws
6 Dec 2017
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Key figure in development of sociological canon= parsons (canon maker) In 2 different sense which makes parsons a canon maker. Who is included standard thinkers and texts, which is. Durkheim and weber as of the book of social actions that. Who is excluded marx is missing. That takes its problem, theme and language of argumentation from a public world. That abandons textual analysis in favor of social analysis (as in people) That abandons construction of synthetic theories in favor of engaging in social criticism. That is pushed in two directions (down closer to ordinary life and push out from the canon of officially recognized experience. Social theory: the multicultural and classic readings. How to reassess: by reading canonical classical sociological theorists in a new way (reading theorist those who are in the canon) 2: by reading excluded classical sociological theorists, excluded = canons do not form without exclusions and silences. Canonical classical theorists: male, white advocates of european culture, shared.
