SOCB43H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pure Sociology, Nomothetic, Sexually Transmitted Infection
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A different way of thinking about social creativity and innovation, for weber it was focused on charisma. Traditionally we think of these in opposition/ conflict against each other religion vs. science. Looking for some way out of these conflicting ideas: intelligent reconstruction (we can actually change our views dynamically) page 36 ex. We may find religious norms about sex are making us sick; we have to rethink what is implied. The modern hospital, point is to help sick ppl get better through scientific ways treating your body like a distant machine. Ppl discovered that this process highly involves alienation, used as an experiment for research rather than a human with a soul. It"s easy to say to redefine our goals, but is actually hard to do in real life b/c we get attached. Cult (holds up a vision of the world that doesn"t currently exist but we wish it did, ex.