SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Communist Society, Logica, Social Inequality
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Logical: makes sense of the facts, fits the evidence, sensitizes us to see other things that we might not be able to see, widely applicable. Emphasizes particular problems and makes testable assertions about those problems. Example: how do women get promoted in law firms: metatheory. Functionalism concepts: structure: stable pattern of social behavior, function: consequence of a social pattern for the operation of society, manifest function: intended consequence of a social pattern. Latent function: unintended consequence of a social pattern: dysfunction: social pattern that disrupts the operation of society. Function of sport: are sports functional? (cid:214) manifest: leisure, fitness, physicality, release, identity (to help pass time) Latent: social relationships, teamwork, jobs, competition, pride and solidarity (side effect of sports) Drug use in sports, competition/rivalry, unwanted attention, fixation. Conflict and karl marx: central idea was class conflict , marx believed workers would. Ultimately become aware of their exploitation (class consciousness)
