SOAN 3120 Lecture Notes - Social Disorganization Theory, Family Values, Liga

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 3120
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

September 25, 2013 soc3310 contemporary theory. What do you need for that? individual: self-interest. Legitimate limiting of self-interest is to the benefit of individuals in society. How to prevent it = orderly: when we limit, we create an orderly society. Hobbes: coercion: the foundation of society is coercion, discourse. Parsons: consensus: other people say the foundation of society is consensus, consensus over values of human being. One of the most misunderstood sociologists of all time hobbes: attacked his ideas because he did not understand what he was talking about. His ideas were the start of modern society. Example cars they all do the same thing but look differently. We all have a heart, a stomach, a set of lungs, etc. society: institutions = orderly individual behaviour: we are told what to do we are not born with norms and rules. Coercion: driving, taxes : the order of society requires this. You have to: that"s the idea of consensus.