SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Luddite, Mass Hysteria, Flash Mob

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Provides artificial means to achieve given end or result. Inspire great deal of social change that accumulates. Recent heavy use of drone warfare by us. Enlightenment, free will, evolution, democracy, freedom, etc. Strong political leadership mobilizes large-scale efforts to alter the character of society. Inspire social change through personality, charisma and conviction. Change occurs through process of differentiation (parsons) More interested in the forces that keep society stable than in those that change it. Equilibrium theory changes in one"s part of society require changes in other parts in order for society to return to its natural state of balance and harmony. Conflict as inevitable and necessary to inspire social change. One path through which society or organism evolves. Highlights the role of technology in assisting human beings with their subsistence needs. Ebb and flow through time according to series of endless cycles. Most influential elements of culture are those that relate to people"s inner experiences.