SA 150 Study Guide - Final Guide: Postmodernism, Symbolic Interactionism, Feminist Theory

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 150
• Professor: Suzanna Crage

Document Summary

Developed prior to and separate from any indiv (you didn"t invent it) May be characterisic of paricular group coercing force that pushes indiv info acing in paricular way. Problem: not good @ promoing understanding of conlict/social change. Class: class is a factor in all large socieies that oten leads to conlict. Contestaion: funcions of society can be challenged based on how well the funcions serve to beter society. Change: society either will or should be changed. Social system is a byproduct of our personal dealings w/ on another. Macrosociology: when looking at the big picture of society and its insituions. Microsociology: plans, moivaions, and acions of speciic group or of indivs. Subjecive posiion ideological, based on biases and prejudices; distorted. Objecive posiion based on observable facts. Concept of voices; dif. voices and represent diversity of life experiences: concerned w/ recognizing that there are many dif. voices and they should not be drowned out by powerful voices of those dominaing society.