SOC 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Asud, Proxy Voting, Absolute Monarchy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2112
• Professor: Joseph Sawan

Document Summary

Role of theory in academia, everyday life, policy making, legal system. As a political standpoint theory is more than simply an abstract philosophical expression. Further our understanding of social issues (cid:271)e(cid:455)o(cid:374)d pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)al (cid:858)t(cid:396)ou(cid:271)les(cid:859) to e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)e so(cid:272)ial (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)s. History and personal context of theoretical traditions locating theory in its context. Continuity with contemporary theory and current social relations. English philosopher and scientist, founder of modern social thought. Contact with leaders of the renaissance thought influenced his thought greatly. Self-preservation as the only certainty among humanity. Leviathan (1651: everything is matter in motion (cid:862)all hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) desi(cid:396)es a(cid:396)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ted (cid:449)ith the (cid:374)eed to keep the (cid:271)od(cid:455) i(cid:374) (cid:373)otio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d so a(cid:448)oid death. Social relations as artificial: (cid:862) all so(cid:272)ial (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ships a(cid:396)e a(cid:396)tifi(cid:272)ial i(cid:374) that the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e the p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)t of (cid:272)al(cid:272)ulatio(cid:374) (cid:396)athe(cid:396) than impulse or affection. Society is sustained not by a moral consensus but through a kind of cost-(cid:271)e(cid:374)efit a(cid:374)al(cid:455)sis(cid:863: similar to social exchange theory.