HLTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Talcott Parsons, Postcolonialism, Queer Theory
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Relationship between people and social structures/ society: Agency (action + interpretation)/ structure (features of the social world) Problematizes everyday living: taken-for-granted assumptions, common sense. One shapes the other understandings, and so-called obvious explanations of human behaviour, health and disease. Assume either a consensus or conflict model of society. Micro - versus macro - level of analysis. Thinking beyond our own subjective perceptions to question common- sense. Question everyday and combine everyday to experience different phenomenons. Consensus model of society: focus on positive aspects of society that contribute to its stability. Other critical theories: feminist theories, queer theory, critical disability studies, postcolonial theory. Conflict model of society: rooted in marx; focus on the conflicted and ever-changing nature of society (don"t aim to avoid social change and disruption like consensus model. ) School of thought in sociology (and anthropology) that argues society should be understood as a system of interdependent parts.
