SOCB42H3 Lecture Notes - Christian Contemplation, Middle Ages
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Theory comes from origins and roots (theoria: abstract/rational vs. empirical, general (modernization leads to rationalization) vs. particular (canada has big democracy, contemplative (why do people commit crimes?) vs. practical, exegetical (interpretative) vs. heuristic. Very best productions, first claims, whatever lasts, define ways of thinking (ways of treating people), world-openings; provide morals, enduring prepositions. The inner structure of society; interactions with people, economic/political facts. Active participants redefine world in a new way, such as democracy. Needed to find and understand the old world, why it collapsed due to conflicts. Middle ages life: majority is peasants, perhaps farmers, butchers who do not live well.
