SOC 633 Chapter Notes -Mobilities, Verstehen, Intersubjectivity
15 Oct 2012
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Empiricists obsessed with social life and describe in great detail. Methodologists give intellectual energies to rendering tools and statistics of social research. Theorists obsessed with the intricacies of human thought and how to make logical the general and abstract principles of social thought. Social structures are the patterns of predictable human action that cluster around key problems in living and they vary in all societies. They are constantly moving and keep the world progressing. Social actions refer to human life when it takes into account the meanings people have of other people. It can also be linked to inter-subjectivity; people make sense of social life through entering the mind of those they interact with. Ethnography is the study of various different cultures. These cultures are not only religions, but can include music cultures, groups, and drugs. These cultures are analyzed using the verstehen method, which involves thinking about: Language, signs & symbols, stories, role-taking, emotions, identities & roles, bodies, and.
