SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sociological Perspectives, Symbolic Interactionism, Social Forces
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Course theme: sociological perspectives vs. common-sense perspectives of the social world. Lectures: monday & wednesday 11:30 12:50 (ba102) Office hours: monday & wednesday 1:20 2:20 (dawb 5-136) Teaching assistant: sahver kuzucuoglu (dawb 5-129) office hours are before class- 10am to 11am (feel free to introduce yourself). Lecture 1: the sociological perspectives: the sociological perspectives. Provide unique and enlightening perspectives on social events that differs from common- sense understanding. Can be used to analyze how people commonly understand the word. Four main theoretical traditions in sociology: memorize these: functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, feminism (understand the difference between common-sense and sociological perspective, mile durkeim"s theory of suicide. Suicide (1897) (cid:862)(cid:449)hen (cid:449)e treat sui(cid:272)ide like a selfish a(cid:272)t, (cid:455)ou ignore all the so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)auses(cid:863) Christians (christian guilt not following religion) Two social forces influencing suicide rates: social integration: connection between individuals and the group, social control: regulating norms, values, expectations, individual responsibilities, etc.
