SA 150 Midterm: SA 150- midterm 1 review.docx

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Ann Travers

Document Summary

Sa 150 - sociology study guide - midterm i. At the heart = sociological perspective (imagination) Make the implicit explicit see the strange in the familiar tease out underlying aspects of culture. Peter berger called the sociological imagination by c wright mills. Ppl are different and each unique but each category of society acts different category shapes life. Helps you understand society and your own life. High social tie (poor but happy) = low suicide. Study of the world and where your society places itself. Fenced farmland off to make grazing area for sheep: new industrial economy. Work shifted from home to large anon labour forces (18th century) Weakened traditions that guided community life for generations: city growth. Wool used for textiles less farmland forced ppl to move into cities increase city size = increased social problems like pollution, crime and homelessness. From gods will and the monarch to fuck yeah i can have my own.