SOCB42H3 Lecture Notes - Alexis De Tocqueville, Classic Car, Wage Labour
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Why theory? (3 benefits of mastery of sociology: 1) intellectual power, 2) sophistication, 3) conceptual tools. Basic concepts that allow you to understand big picture changes around the world: ex. What is classical sociological theory: classic , first rank really great accomplishments that other people want to copy/learn from and that we want to preserve for other people to learn from, ex. Classic rock, classic car: last they last a long time, not a classic if it"s a one-hit wonder, ex. Call me maybe: generative (what makes it last) every time you go back to it, you learn something from it, ex. Books that you can read every year and you learn something new: world defining, ex. Gives us prophecies about how the world should work/will work: ex. Organizing society in terms of a market generates inequality: sociological. Logical comes from logos logic/truth/meaning of something. Socio being in company of other people/togetherness/interaction. Comes from greek to look at something.