SO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: World-Systems Theory, Nacirema, Ethnocentrism
6 Mar 2017
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Outline for lecture 1: main points of an invitation to sociology, study doings of men , strange in the familiar and vice versa, sociologists must be curious (cid:314) professional peeping toms , history becomes important. Mills"s sociological imagination: ability to link personal troubles with social issues. Individual to the larger social world: must congruently study 1. Does it make evaluative claims? (moral vs. immoral, etc. ) Sociology - the systematic and scientific study of all things social. Of the 4 modes of knowledge, sociology primarily uses science. Beginnings of sociology: industrial revolution, growth of cities, advent of science, population explosion, mass political and revolution. When does sociology begin: industrial revolution, 1750 in europe (18th century, growth in cities (cid:314) poor living conditions death rate(cid:313) migration(cid:313) birth rate(cid:313, advent of science. Cities get cleaned up death rate(cid:315) (migration and birth stay (cid:313)) Population over time: mass political upheaval and revolution.
