SOC231H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method, Social Change, Scientific Revolution
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Radical perspective radical = the root of the issue not necessarily to turn the world upside down. To get to the heart of the matter. Idealism and materialism: alienation, social structure: marx, weber, emile durkheim: the relationship that connects us with other individuals through values and norms. Society has a social structure (people are placed in a class, networks, and not separated: structure and agency: life is partially structured and not unstructured. Our lives are structured, but we also have agency as we have norms and values. Agency means not completely structured (free will). (ex. You will come to class on a specific time and day. When it comes to social change, there are lot of possibilities of an outcome. Social change can be controlled: unintended consequences: sometimes when social change happens, the result leads to something that was unintended or unexpected. Industrial revolution/capitalism: 1750"s: institutions granted for long time disappeared. New institutions were on a rise such as factories.
