SOC 3312 Lecture 1: SOC 3312 - Lecture 1
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Current sociological theory: everything since the ii ww is what is considered current sociology that have arisen from europe and america (e. g. we"re getting the message of exclusion as we"re looking at western ideologies). Any human being anywhere in the world is able to theorize. There is also a gender exclusion, as only two women are mentioned in these major theories. Theory is about two things: advancing a proposition in view of explaining a social phenomena, making this proposition general, universalize for everyone in the world to understand. Girl walking on elgin street at 3pm, experiencing the phenomena of traffic while in her parent"s car, monday through friday. They do so on sunday at the same time, there is no traffic. Her consciousness will become alert that she did not go to school today, driving on elgin. She noticed the difference, the paradox (time of day, calendar).