SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: World War I, Middle Ages
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Theoretical concepts have a role in shaping the direction of: Socio points to society: the study of society from a higher theoretical perspective, society is defined as human beings interacting with each other, patterns of behaviour, not individual behaviour, the study of what is. History developed in middle east the study of what ought to be. Similar to sociology because we look at the past. Sociology is interested in the patterns in history. Post people saw their culture as prescribed by god. 17th an 18th century these views went through fundamental changes: with new political structures, laws made by humans and not by gods. People became aware that the world was not fate: it was created by humans and maintained by humans, understand that we have the power to change the world for the better o. Historically, sociological classical theory written between the time of the great french.