SOCB43H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Scientific Method, Pure Sociology, Tertius Of Iconium
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Mead: conflict over scientific way of thinking and moral way of thinking, mechanistic vs teleological. Intelligent reconstruction pragmatism: to understand anything, you have to understand its practice and purposes for life. Help us solve problems: cult christianity & nationalism: turn into cult values. Completely devoted to a(cid:374)d do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge: christianity: cult of democracy. Christianity, it emerged in a deeply unfree and unequal world (slave society). New vision of all equal before god- in heaven, what world could be like. As the world did transform more and more to this christian i(cid:373)age, the(cid:374) those i(cid:374)itial (cid:448)alues (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)ser(cid:448)ati(cid:448)e. whe(cid:374) (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t evaluate the institution if it is helpful or go back and adapt. Taking a hard line and not re-thi(cid:374)k thi(cid:374)gs. If (cid:455)ou (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t rethi(cid:374)k those (cid:448)alues (cid:449)hat (cid:449)as initially functional becomes dysfunctional. Have to go back and reconstruct values and take initial inspiration and adapt it: nationalism/patriotism: gives purpose and meaning, binds people together.
