SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: George Herbert Mead, Herbert Blumer, Erving Goffman
1 Aug 2016
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An intersection of structure, history, and biography. Encourages the development of a relationship between individual and society: we must put on a lens as if we are an outsider. Invited people to send postcards containing a secret from the person sending it. Lesson learnt: personal troubles reflect public issues: ex. student loans inequalities in regards to education access; unemployment economic downfall. However, the suffering of individual has become personalized development of stereotypes, personality block. A set of statements that seek to explain or predict problems, events, behaviour (within a social context) circumstances within the larger context in which they occur (= solution) 2 major branches of perspectives: macro theoretical perspectives - structural functionalism and conflict theory, micro theoretical perspectives - symbolic interactionism, feminist, postmodern theory (pertain more to individual) Public issues = macro (ex. unemployment and welfare) We want to develop the right quality of mind so we can see our own.
