SOC-1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Iron Cage, Protestantism, Verstehen
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Assigned for next class - read chapter 5. Examples of social sciences: economics, anthropology, psychology, law, history, political science. Sociology as a social science emerged in the middle of the 19th century (1800s) Used to origi(cid:374)all(cid:455) call it (cid:862)social ph(cid:455)sics(cid:863), but already taken. Socio social- society, logy-logos- knowledge. knowledge of society. Believed in applying darwi(cid:374)"s ideas to society. Those who fit into their society, tend to succeed in life. Bourgeoisie and proletariat, rich and poor, capitalists and working class. Predicted revolution which led to start of communism. Ocial facts, structures that e(cid:454)ist i(cid:374) societ(cid:455) such as (cid:862)(cid:373)oral (cid:374)or(cid:373)s(cid:863) or (cid:862)dress code(cid:863) (cid:862)capitalis(cid:373)(cid:863) (cid:862)(cid:373)arriage(cid:863),(cid:863) war(cid:863), (cid:862)fa(cid:373)il(cid:455)(cid:863), (cid:863)cri(cid:373)e(cid:863) Social integration, your ties to groups ad such are what keeps you around, the less ties someone has, the more likely they are to commit suicide. They feel lonely or unneeded without social ties. Religion and origins of capitalism, protestant religion emphasized work ethic, and obtaining from other things.
