SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: George Herbert Mead, Symbolic Interactionism, Microsociology

• School: UTM
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H5
• Professor: Jayne Baker

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Structural functionalism -> emile durkheim : society is a complex system of parts working together to promote solidarity and. Stability: social solidarity a property of social groups that increases with how well they interact and share beliefs/values, functions, manifest (intended), latent (unintended) have a positive affect on society, dysfunction (ex. Conflict theory -> karl marx: how people earn their livelihood, two key groups, bourgeoisie (rich, owners, profits, proletariat (lower class, workers, wages) Symbolic interactionism -> max weber, george herbert mead: critical of karl marx"s work in 2 ways, microsociology, society is created, recreated, and modified continuously by human activity, begins with the individual, symbol: things that carry particular meanings. Feminist theory: patriarchy: system of decisions which help ensure male domination in life. Ideas must be sociological (focus on sociological as opposed to psychological) Urbanization (people moving from rural areas to central areas) The rise of states (government) and political revolutions. Positivism the search for objective facts (ex.