Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Macro Analysis, False Consciousness, Social Forces

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2206A/B
• Professor: E. Bell

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All class material: critical social science. What you get when you find reality: a system of power and exploitation, not always obvious because of myths that protect us from the raw truth. People are held back from their potential by social forces. Criticalists seem very pessimistic: this is just a judgement; they are actually quite optimistic, we can overcome these powerful figures, we do have free will. Positivists = common sense is dangerous; other ways of knowing that are(cid:374)(cid:859)t relia(cid:271)le. Interpretive = we depend on common sense; in order to understand people, we need to understand their common sense. Positivists = logically consistent and follows from observed facts. Critical = what you do to determine whether something is true/false is you apply it to your everyday. Criticalists = whatever allows you to discover exploitation; deconstructs our myths. Positivists = value-free s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:894)(cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:449)e do(cid:374)(cid:859)t, (cid:449)e get a galileo situatio(cid:374)(cid:895) Criticalists = values are a good thing in science.