SOC 103 Study Guide - Class Discrimination, World Trade Organization, Blaxploitation
30 Nov 2012
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Theories in sociology are abstract, general ideas that help organize and make sense of the social world (attempt to link idea"s with actual events) Classical social theory (1840s 1920s) the enlightenment, political revolution (american revolution, french revolution), the industrial revolution. American and french revolution inspired more widespread adoption of democratic principle and rights of citizens. Industrial revolution caused dramatic, rapid urbanization, changes in family relations, gender relations, increased secularization. Classical social theorist and macro and micro theorists macro are interested are in social theory that can explain huge social phenomenon"s (past and future), micro are interested in smaller scale phenomenon"s. Emile durkheim was a positivist, saw society as analogous to a body, concerned with social solidarity, and developed the idea of the social fact". Similarities of social solidarity: conscience collective similar ideas of morality, similar ideas about space time and reality (collective ideas of morality, what you can and cannot do with the influence on laws, teachings, parents etc. )
