SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Consumerism

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Prof.

Document Summary

Sense of micro and macro, link and move back and forth between the two. Personal biography, relationship to that biography and location in history. Statue of people making out: no specific gender implications. Roden- in sculptures, would go through drafts- is this the perfect figure, will it fit perfectly into my assignment, leaves his masterpieces unfinished. Has a public statement to make, designed to change the world, instill quality of mind to break out of everyday life and contemporary thinking. Roden did same thing as psychological imagination but with a different medium (sculpture) Psycho scene- built a new highway so no one bothers going to hotel anymore, c wright mills points out the personal troubles that people experience are part of everyday lives. See most of the issues we face in terms of personal troubles, things are drawn from upclose orbits (job family neighbourhood)