SOC 3113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Abuse, Sui Generis, Solidarity
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Rational - maximizing rewards while minimizing costs. Society created, recreated, and altered by individuals working up to produce society. Relatively free to reproduce or transform the patterns and routines of social life (i. e. the social order). Society is an overarching system that works down on individuals and groups to determine shape of social order. Society exists as something beyond individuals composing it. Co(cid:374)ser(cid:448)ati(cid:448)e (cid:271)ut during his time, considered radical and controversial. Biographical sketch: youth: planned to become a rabbi, adolescence: turned away from religion and judaism specifically. Religio(cid:374) (cid:272)ould help us u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d the (cid:373)oder(cid:374) (cid:449)orld, (cid:271)ut (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t e(cid:374)ough. Felt christianity and judaism were outmoded in a modern world. Used scientific methods to study society: 1879 - entered france"s most prestigious college to study philosophy. Wanted to examine complex philosophical questions through rational, Breakdown of social bonds and sense of community: wanted to help reconstitute moral order. Controversial: any social thing -- including religion -- could be studied sociologically (scientifically)
