Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Organicism, Atomism, Cultural Relativism
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Theory template science enlightenment- (emphasize relationship between reason and rationality- romantic conservative reaction- hegel. Hegel tried to make sense of the previous theories, he failed. Social theorists have to think in a certain way in order to do social theory- this template is about how social theorists think. Deep structure of thought- ways our mind work that were not always aware of- how social theorists are. Structurally and culturally- sharing of dominate values towards the whole system: Answers: organicism: society is like a organic phenomena integrated by different parts and inter- relationships. If you are in the organic model because you are a product. Atomism- thinks about society as an organism (like organicist) with one difference: concerned with the role of the individual. Sometimes under certain circumstances the individual has psychologically separated themselves from the social in order to evaluate it or critic it. They think you can be something other than a product.