Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stupid Shit, Functional Requirement, Natural Product
16 Nov 2012
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The view of society: a smooth running machine. Deviance: occurs when something in that smooth running machine breaks down: people are all of the parts within a machine and if we start fucking up then that"s deviance. Deviance was viewed as a natural product of the social order: it was also symptomatic of a problem that must be corrected. Person needs to change, not the system. Equilibrium the system has to be running smoothly. Mostly to justify agents of social control. Status quo interest for functionalists to maintain the status quo don"t fix what ain"t broke : the way society is, is good or it would change. Yeah that"s what i thought you ignorant fool. This thing is max ethnocentric just reflects people with power and control benefiting from all this good stuff: like slavery and whatnot, or commodifying cows and shit. We"re just little pieces in the machine playing their own role, in harmony.
