SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Trevor Pinch

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Stephan Larose

Document Summary

The history of science, of philosophy, of ideas, etc. The history of women, sport, fashion, hygiene, etc. Differences between history and sociology: historians focus on unique and singular events, sociologists seek to go between singular events in order to make connections between different ones: Looking for patters of change and social factors causing change and trasnformations. Economics: adam smith (1723-1790), scottish philosopher and economist; can also be traced to the works of 14th century scholars, focys on a single institution. Production, exchange, distribution and consumption of goods and services: sociologists focus on. A(cid:374)d they do (cid:374)ot co(cid:374)ce(cid:374)trate o(cid:374) a si(cid:374)gle i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) Political science: the study of politics and government, sociologists do not focus on a single institution; the study of power transcends the topic of government. Pioneer in the sociology of scientific knowledge. Cofounder of the social construction of technology (scot)