SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Double Consciousness, George Herbert Mead, Social Isolation
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Learning goals: define social theory and describe the range of different social theories. Social theory is the idea of asking questions to better understand the world around us. How the society affects individuals in society. Social theory is important to have a sociological imagination. Social theory: ways to relate the relationships between individuals and society. Social theory can be studied in specific ways such as economy or bigger as talking about humanity as a whole. Analytical frameworks for understanding the social world. Multiple competing theories + theoretical traditions this is what makes it a unique discipline! 2. 1. 2 three common themes that theorists aim to understand. Classical social theory in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The basis of modern sociology got its start in the late 19th century and early 20th century. At this time the world was changing in many ways such as:
