SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Shame Society, Reference Group, Antithesis

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC101
• Professor: Kieran Bonner

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[there will be an essay question on the radical interpretive perspective] Our beliefs on anything relate to the way we live (think about will hunting, irving. If one lives a certain way, they cannot recognize other ideas because the way they live does not account for those (a coward cannot know the meaning of courage. A person in bad faith cannot know the meaning of freedom. A person who is distrustful cannot act on trust. Love of wisdom: self-knowledge (the ability to reflect on our influences in a way which creates freedom and choice): the basis for socrates: the good life is also the honorable life is also the just life. Intersection of sociology of knowledge, liberation of consciousness (ecstasy), and radical interpretive perspective. Radical change in world view: can be called brainwashing (everyday understanding), conversion (everyday understanding), alternation (scientific understanding), or socratic paideia (radical interpretive understanding)