SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pure Sociology, Bourgeoisie, Participant Observation
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Defined as the systematic study of society, institutions and groups. How these groups interact with one another and how individuals influence society and vice versa. Institutions: family, education, economy, politics, religion, media, etc. Total institutions: outside of society with different sets of ideologies/morals that strip people of identity and conform them to their own. Defined as the application of imaginative thought to asking and answering of sociological questions. The ability to think critically and obtain a new perspective of the. To be devoid of ethnocentrism, link ones biology with history, and understand why things happen, not how. world. Everything is socially constructed and we must challenge the status quo. Debunk the myths that control, perpetuate and maintain society. Sociology gives us a bird eye view of the world/society. Time, math, science, the bell curve, etc. There is no such thing as race, gender, age, and sexuality. From the root word theoria meaning god"s wisdom (god knows.
