SOC231H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Conflict Theories, Structural Functionalism, Male Privilege
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The theoretical frameworks and concepts of a group of. European and north american scholars who were trying to understand the rapid social changes occurring all around them. Sociology was born as an attempt to create a systematic study of the economic, social, and political structures of western society in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Altruism: to act in a fashion that benefits others. Motto "order and progress" built off of comte"s idea of positivism. Coined the term positivism: knowledge should be derived from sensory experience rather than speculation or doctrinal belief. Sociology was derived from the latin socius meaning a companion, so it can be defined as the study of association or companionship. Talked about stages of development in modes of production. Argues that religion is the opium of the people. Meaning that religion pacifies people and gets you to accept that it is what it is, rather than challenging it or those above them.
