SOC101Y1 Lecture 5: Lecture notes 5
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Relationship between society and individuals and how they impact each other. Change of social worlds in time and space. Connections between social institutions and individuals o. Comparing societies (what makes a society a better society?) Structure: limits, restricts and opens up opportunities for choices. Education: you have a choice of what to study but society o might steer you in a different direction with expectation, university structures etc. Opportunities and constraints are not evenly distributed. Ontology: what is real the study of reality. Epistemology: how do we know what we know the study of knowledge. Social philosophers: (just for examples, not important) Thomas hobbes governments appropriate role (pursuing peace o and self-interest) o. Scientific revolution (16th c): encouraged the use of evidence to substantiate theories. Democratic revolution (18th c): encouraged the view that human action can change society. Industrial revolution (19th c): gave sociologists their subject matter. Sociology for a changing world: industrialization, globalization, urbanization, rationalization, secularization.
