SOSC 1000 Lecture 10: SOSC 1000 reading notes term 1
2 Dec 2017
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Known institutions such as corporate organizations, there are other means by which the population is organized but which are not formally recognized institutions, such as interest groups, classes and ethnic groups. Ideology grows with us from childhood, some parts are deliberately transmitted by parents, schools, the media and other institutions in society. Other parts are more casually conveyed through example; the unspoken assumptions and attitudes of those around us. Social critic: points out the inconsistencies the lack of congruence between empirical evidence and ideological statements. Social analyst: strives to understand why ppl believe what they believe, what relationship thoses beliefs have to empirical evidence, and how beliefs affect social action. Counter-ideology: placing of faith in an alternative version of society, and alternative set of beliefs assumptions, values, and orientations. Ideologies are explanations for the social organization, but they are as well evaluations of it. Liberal democracy gave rise to positive evaluations of equality, individualism, material prosperity, and personal freedom.
