SOC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Symbolic Interactionism, Conflict Theories, The Communist Manifesto
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Social theory: broad framework that makes assumptions and assertions about the way. Social theory the world works: enables us to see things in a different way, provokes us to ask questions, macro-level: society as a whole, micro-level: interactions between people, 3 major paradigms: conflict theory, structural functionalism, and symbolic. Interactionism: co(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t theor(cid:455): (cid:862)mar(cid:454)is(cid:373)(cid:863); suggests that i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals or groups of people (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) interact on the basis of conflict. This is a macro-level theory: belief that conflict is rooted in power and inequality and is the basis of social change, critiques of this theory: It focuses on economic conflicts and nothing else. Macro-level theory: manifest functions: the intended functions of something, latent functions: the unintended functions of something (ex. ) Manifest function of going to college: to get a degree, latent function of going to college: you make friends: critiques of this theory: It assumes that there is no conflict in society.
