SOC 4144 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Elon Musk, Morphogenesis, The Possession
15 Mar 2017
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Final take-home due on the 13th now between 9am-12pm. 3 essay questions have to make links to the texts (keep up to date on readings) Can quote the lectures when talking about readings. Unique feature distinguishing social systems from organic or mechanical ones is their capacity to undergo radical restructuring. Action and structure are actually distinct: structure predates the action. Role of reflexive deliberations on mediating between structure and agency. People need to look inwards before they act. Reflexivity: an activity in which the subject deliberates upon how some item, such as belief, desire, idea, or state of affairs pertains or relates to itself. P. 38: elders are putting together old languages so that the young people can reconnect to their identity they are actively putting things in place to communicate in their own language. Private divide between the mind and the body.
