SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Liberal Democracy, Dominant Ideology, Egalitarianism

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1000
• Professor: Terry Conlin

Document Summary

Week 2 readings: ideology and history shared ideas, perceptions, values, and beliefs through which members of a society. Ideology: interpret history and contemporary social events and which shape their expectations and wishes for the future. (page. It is formed through beliefs, values, assumptions, explanations and unexamined knowledge. Can be transmitted through parents, schools, the media and other institutions: dominant ideology. Social critics- and ideological statements. point out the inconsistencies, the lack of congruence between empirical evidence. Social analyst: social action? strives to understand why people believe what they believe, how beliefs affect: counter ideology: a set of ideas, etc. which is held by a substantial minority and which has noticeable impact on social action. Is for those who seek to ask difficult questions. It"s the placing of faith in an alternative version of society, an alternative set of beliefs, assumptions, and values orientations. **also- provides a critique of the present society and creative vision of an alternative (page 63).