SOCI 1311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Empathy, Class Conflict, Symbolic Interactionism
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It is a discipline using social embeddedness which is the idea that social, political, relationships are fundamentally shaped. The ability to grasp the relationship between an individual and other larger forces that act upon them. For e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple, (cid:449)e"re a(cid:271)le to a(cid:374)al(cid:455)ze the reaso(cid:374)s as to (cid:449)h(cid:455) a perso(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e u(cid:374)e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ed i(cid:374) a so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) where everyone else is employed. Agency and structure: agency: this is when individuals are able to use free will to make a difference in social aspect on a small scale, structure: patterned social arrangement that impacts your agency. Ex: going to harvard (agency) may get rejected, however ut arlington may accept you and pay for tuition just to go to school here. The structure affected your agency (ability to go to school and make a difference in society) Critical thinking: the ability to make claims about truth using reason and evidence, the six rules. Development of sociology thinking: scientific revolution, urbanization.
