SOC100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Inequality, Max Horkheimer, Auguste Comte
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Sociology: study of patterned relations among humans, and social institutions people create. Social institution: social structure made up of a number of relationships. It"s the study of regular ways people interact and what those interactions produce. Origin is challenging to pin point (august comte invented term sociologie , plato also wrote book imagining perfect society) Problems (poverty, homelessness, child labour, pollution) in society centuries ago pushed people to nd solutions. Industrial revolution, french revolution and enlightenment period in uenced rise of sociology. Society: largest-scale human group, whose members interact, share a common territory and institutions. Sociological imagination: approach to sociology, attempting to understand personal experiences within societal context in which experiences occur, and relate them to public issues (c. w. Each method developed to broaden scope of sociology. Methods can be used in combinations by sociologists. Important to know di erences among the methods to not mix statements and theories that may be incompatible.
