SOCI 2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nobel Peace Prize, Jean Baudrillard, C. Wright Mills
28 Sep 2017
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Weber de ned power as the ability of a person to carry out his will despite resistance from others: prestige as positive or negative, social elimination of honor. C wright mills and the power elite: encouraged people to look beyond and beneath every day events to observe major resource and power inequalities. Web du bois (1868-1963: first african american, founded the sociology department, naacp, double consciousness, racism every day life - now rediscovering him. Equality between men and women: want to see women"s lives, choices, and experiences and struggles, research gender equality in schools, family, government, and work places. Examine people"s day to day interaction/behavior in groups. Macro level factors de ne forms of interaction, the social work is dynamic and changing. Behaviors depend on how we see ourselves. Rise in consumer society and global village where people around the world communicate via technology.
