SOCI 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Reality Television, Social Fact, Law School Admission Test
4 Jun 2014
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Ia emerging final exam question: sociological legacy of freud: the study of consciousness began & offers insight into our therapeutic society & medicalization (1970 to now?) Ib essay topics: follow themes of winter term; goffmanic embarrassment as key to compellingness of reality tv genre (abusing the ritual protection of sacred self ) Ii parsons" biography & rise and fall of s. f. a synthesizer and systematizer; some creative genius. Iii *americanizing european theory: jettison class conflict: ssa: indicates synthesizing macro social facts w. micro social action. Iv *parsonizing freud: linking personality & culture via notion of action system (diagrams proportions) Just to talk not necessarily for physical or relationship, just b/c we"re attracted. Combine micro- weberaian action w macro-durkheim societal typology. Self vs. collectivity (family- not marrying someone our family wants to but we do: 3. Particularistic values vs. universal values (face, their grades, doctor may look crazy but certificates on wall tell different story, etc. : 4.
