SOSC 1140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Musical Chairs, Revolution Health Group, Ritualism In The Church Of England
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The way society constructs the way we see reality: example of something that is socially constructed- marriage, classroom settings. If reality is a social construction then what do you actually know about reality. If its socially constructed then it can be different. How do we construct reality: so(cid:272)ial (cid:373)odels (freud(cid:859)s id, ego, super ego, historic looking at socio-economic historical shifts, market society and the commodity, 58% of married couples got divorced, rural to urban. In 1910 90% lives on farms 10% lived in the city: less kids, society and community; traditional and modern; individual and individuation, society collective individuals, community- individuation, comparative. One person is left at the end and they win: social game. We are always in a social construction of reality society is a human product we are always living in a social context. Sosc 1140- self, culture & society: 3 n(cid:859)s normal, natural, necessary.