SOCI 330 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Persian Letters, Montesquieu, Civil Religion

• School: McGill University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 330
• Professor: Lindsay John

Document Summary

Who wrote it, what"s it about (general thought) course is recorded look at syllabus, sometimes there"s no lectures on monday. Mistake because property in locke isn"t about owning things. He was christian and meant all humans are equal in the eyes of god (property)- had nothing to do with capitalism. Adam smith- part of human nature to imitate your betters (to copy people above you) Thinks it"s normal that you will copy people above you, no struggle. Views of social tradition, what we ought to do with our lives. What he"s describing and what his hopes are. Karl marx has a view of human nature. When description gets influenced by his prescriptive hopes. Distinguish between hopes and descriptions, sometimes it gets muddled up. Sociology is the queen of social sciences - tries to theorizes at which point which social powers dominate. You want to understand under what circumstances the economy, politics drives social.