Sociology 2234E Lecture Notes - Erving Goffman, Georg Simmel, Reproduction

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This class will take a sociological perspective. Focus is on the self in society. The individual relationship between the self and society. This assumes that the self forms after birth. This is different from psychology which argues innate characteristics. The self is not possible without society. Paradox of self in society: only individuals act yet individuals act only because they acquire the capability to do so as members of society. Which is the source of their knowledge, language, skills, orientations, motives, etc. (textbook: goffman says the individual is an actor someone who plays a role or performs an action, double involvement of self and society. We are both products and producers of society: self as a product shaped by outside forces, self as a producer make changes in society. Language is the key to the world you live in. It is the key to understanding who you are. (prof) Language allows us to have the same experience.

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