SOCY 122 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Natural Order, Doxa, Talcott Parsons

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Human engagment, language, science and the arts (npp 49) Three levels of engagement: contemplative- observe and speculate about the world around us. Language that dominants this level: nouns and adjectives: action- engaging with the environment around them. Action (humanizing the world; intellect and emotions combined) Language: verbs: imagination- imagine different types of possibility. Creative thought (what is imaginatively possible; emotions using intellect) Two aspects of the mind: intellect, emotions. Frye notes that the intellect and the emotions operate differently: intellect is the beginning of the scientific knowledge, emotion is the origin of the arts. Highly developed art and science can be linked close together through the convergence and uniqueness. All sciences (natural and social) draw upon the intellect and emotions of human kind"s creative capacity. Draws upon creativity of emotions and imagination. Employs aspects of reality and life experience with imagination. Sociology focuses on the level of action where intellect and emotions combine (the humanization of the world)