[SOCI 210] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (23 pages long!)
1 Dec 2016
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Soci210- lecture #3- the sociological perspective of durkheim. Wrote four sociological classics: the divisions of labour in society (1892), the rules of. Sociological methods (1895), suicide (1897), the elementary forms of religious life (1912) Looking at modernization" of western europe and tried to analyse why they were happening. Suggesting it is social relations that determine an individual. Had particular theories that they believed could explain a whole swath of sociological issues. Very early in sociology; believed they could come up with big theories that could explain everything, like in physics. Focuses on all social relations, especially rituals and symbols. Privileged other elements; especially religion, rituals, and other symbols. Opposite of conflict- hat makes possible consensus, and makes people cooperate with one another. Believed that the economy shaped social relations. Social facts: durkheim claimed social facts are what sociologists must study. The social structures and cultural norms and values that are external to, and coercive of, actors .
