SOCI 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Norm (Social), Civil Society, Bronycon

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30 Sep 2015
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Overview: sociological theory, background/theoretical perspectives of durkheim, rules of the sociological method & social facts. What: accounts of the world, sets of propositions & generalizations that interpret & explain reality, working explanations, relation between observation & speculation. Why: based in systematic observations and thought, explanations subject to critique, falsification, & modification, embedded in larger conversations & projects of knowledge constructing, multiple understandings of what sociological theory entails. Durkheim: one of the founders of sociology, france (1858-1917) Theoretical perspective: collective>individual, action guided by collective or cultural constraints, positivism, moral purpose of sociology , prescriptions for society. View of society: society is sui generis more than the sum of its parts, exists prior to the individual instead of being created by autonomous actors, social facts, collective consciousness, collective representations. Independent & external existence (not independent on the individual) Division of labour in society: types of social solidarity.

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