SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Fact, Symbolic Interactionism, Anomie
11 Feb 2015
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Comes from latin socius companion and ology the study of . Classical origins go back to aristotle and plato: stated what they thought society ought to be like and not what it was. Natural sciences began in 17th 18th century: began process of applying scientific principles to the analyses of society, applicable after the industrial revolution. Western world, rife with poverty, creativity, wealth, disease, luxury, violence. History of civil society and empathy as a civil binder. Humans are here to perfect gods plan. Society must progress, through military might and civil strength. Popularized the term sociology and considered the founder. Believed societies contained: social statics forces for social order and stability, social dynamics forces for conflict and change. Positivism positive world out there that you can count and quantify. Emphasized on interconnectedness of social elements was a forerunner of modern. Facts must be observed, but observation and understanding require theory functionalism.
