SOC101 Chapter : Textbook notes
4 Dec 2013
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Antonio gramsci: everyone is a social theory: uses intellect to explain society. C. wright mills: connect personal problems with larger societal forces. Born unto social class but still have choice. Karl marx: old ways destroyed before modern capitalism can be introduced to asia. Birth of sociology in the age of revolution. Povitism: assumes there is something to discover. Herbert spencer: society is a struggle for existence. Karl marx: sought to discover laws of modern capitalism. Max weber: people act according to what they intend and believe: subjective perspective needed. Comte: society stays the same over time but is constantly changing. Functionalism: if something exists over time, it performs necessary function that is important for social reproduction. Conflict theorists: weber, ritzer: change comes from conflict. Focused on institutions, what people build together. Simple societies held together by religious celebrations and gift giving( collective effervescence) People don"t live by single code of right and wrong (anomie) no collective conscious.
