SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Inequality, Marxist Feminism, Human Nature
9 Feb 2016
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Ii the value of theory: contemporary relevance of old. Iv expansion on theoretical frameworks: key concepts and. Art inhabits the same past as business, religion or politics. I introduction: theoretical concepts have a role in, shaping the direction of research, directing observation, guiding description, sociology - logy study a high level. Comte (1839: social philosophy, history, recurring patterns observable in human interdependence, historically, sociological classical theory written between the time of the great french revolution 1789-1799 and wwi (1919) Personal predicaments in reference to our social structures. The women founders of the social sciences by lynn mcdonald (1996) Women: did not have the institutions men have had to support each other"s work, excluded from universities, no schools to promote their work, few biographies. Positivism is nomothetic it seeks generalizable, universally applicable laws has to do with following laws interest in technical theorizing, predicting, and control.
