SOCI 2660 Lecture 6: Lecture 18-10-16

• School: York University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 2660
• Professor: Michael Palamarek

Document Summary

Stevenson & habermann (intro chapter - wrap-up of lecture) Things to keep in mind when reading/evaluating theories: Dismissal of differences and a focus on similarities. Either/or thinking is a kind of thinking that leaves no room for nuances or further complexity - something is either absolutely right/wrong - there is no middle position (cid:498)either-or thinking(cid:499) / (cid:498)all or nothing thinking(cid:499) We see this in political discourse (re: bush - (cid:498)you are either with us [the. Us gov] or you are with the terrorists(cid:499); toews - (cid:498)either you accept internet surveillance or you are in league with child pornographers(cid:499)(cid:524) )f all answers are true, you can(cid:495)t distinguish between and evaluate them conclusion that these answers are final / (cid:498)the(cid:499) answers - progress can be. We still have societal issues because society is complex. Fundamentalism(s) - mostly religious but not exclusively. This mode of thinking claims to have all the answers (totality)