SOC150H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Inequality, Concept Map, Nomothetic
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For weekly assignments, upload entry as . docx or . pdf and bring copy to tutorial. Everyone must be offered the opportunity to think critically about the world, even to the extent of reflecting critically on our own common-sense assumptions. Becoming aware of the taken-for-granted, common-sense assumptions that generally frame our vision of the world. Effective theoretical work therefore requires a particular kind of self-reflection in which we become more aware of the frameworks we use to make sense of the world. Defamiliarization, looking at things we already know as if for the first time, is an important feature of theoretical thinking. Look at things we know in a different way. Look at things like we see them for the first time. Where you stand can make some things easier to see while blocking other features of the landscape. Taking the power of standpoint seriously does not mean assuming that our ideas are mechanically determined by our identity and experience.
