SOC313H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Constructionism, Margarine
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Social constructionism as a theoretical framework for studying social control. Discussion questions: absolutism: the morality of deviance by anne hendershott, the constructionist stance by joel best, what post graduate career aspiration do you have, ultimate career aspirations. Something legal in canada but illegal somewhere else: why is it permitted, proposal. Violation of pre-existing and concrete societal norms. Social norms are external and given, therefore they are objective. Widespread consensus about ideas, behaviours, and characteristics which are either proper and acceptable, or improper and unacceptable: deviance through objective norms that everyone sees as solid and, norms are real objective things concrete. The origin of the objectivist perspective: values, cultural norms, and social structures which transcend the individual and are capable of exercising social constraint. If social norms were abstract, someone would carelessly taking off their clothes when told to by the prof. Society operates according to general laws just like the physical world. Durkheim extend scientific principles to human conduct.
