SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Social Feminism, Structural Level, Capital Structure
19 Apr 2013
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1) theory and society: du bois never presented an overarching theory of society, he actually distrusted the grand theory produced in the 19th century. 2)theory and research: on one hand he as not interested in deduction. In other words he was not interested in taking theoretical ideas and testing them against empirical observations: on the other hand du bois was interested in induction (different way of doing socio/scientific research) 4) theory and interests: du bois connected theory to his interests in racial inequality race relations social change. How there is a specific way in which his theo ideas were connected to these interests did change. More specific how theory could contribute to social change changed over time. Early in his career we thought that theory derived from research could destroy the ignorance on which racism was built. He thought this would help alter beleifs and attitudes.
