SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Women In Nazi Germany, Frantz Fanon, Bourgeoisie
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Reader is optional, but readings can be found on gauchospace: available at graffikart ~ . Utilizes systematic and empirical methods to capture patterns of human behavior first rule of sociology: things are not always what they seem peter berger. Agency: the individual; an individual"s ability to place movement in the world. Structure: social things that other human beings have built (ex: Psychology individual, how the individual functions due to the brain, etc. Sociology groups of people, societies, interactions between individuals: the individual always has a certain historical context. Sociology is about: making the familiar strange. Ex: pulp fiction scene: turning society into a giant petri dish to examine, thinking outside of the box, distinguishing between reality and multiple truths. Peter burger: things are not always as they seem. Car, house, clothes: average american house as doubled in square footage since.