SOCIOL 3488 : FULL Notes for the Course (Received 94% in the course)
11 Apr 2014
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8/21/13- introduction (what is theory?: will have a quiz on 8/28/2013- open book and in groups, sociological theory is not philosophy, it is supposed to be scientific theory like other scientific theories. Used to be that if you worked hard you would succeed, this is a cultural story, not necessary true: low-income children in columbus are less likely to climb out of poverty than their parents (dispatch story). It is hard to identify the ones who would actually commit school shootings, etc. : welfare can be used as a crutch and can keep you alive. And that tradition would not be dragging people down. There has always been a dominate group exploited by a subordinate group. So the proletariat can not get ahead getting paid this way. (c-m-c) We need to see that we evolved from the primitive societies: marx and durkheim believe that there is a evolution of society, scientific method- helped established sociology as a discipline.
