SYG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bourgeoisie, Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau
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The ability to see relationship between events in personal life & events in your society; Examples: why some ppl don"t have paid jobs. ^ throughout semester: acknowledge individual, consider outside factors . Definition: the study of human social life (people, groups, cultures) Structuration: the 2-way process by which we shape our social world and by. -macro (large social structures w/o referring to the interaction of individuals involved) Skills 4 sosh: critical thinking data analysis (stats; interviewing) diversity subfields. August comte (founder; we must study social statics [refers to stability and order] and social dynamics [refers to social change] ) Harriet martineau (feminist theory; fought for women"s rights, abolitionist) Herbert spencer (came up with social darwinism; survival of the fittest ; you. C. could be messed up biologically or culturally inferior; Karl marx (conflict theory; society is a big power struggle between bourgeoisie. Emile durkheim (functionalism; suicide study [some were accurate, others not so much])
