SOCI 2110H Study Guide - Midterm Guide: False Consciousness, Social History, Human Nature

• School: Trent University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 2110H
• Professor: Jesse Carlson

Document Summary

False consciousness; concept derived from marx, refers to the systematic misrepresentation of dominant social relations in the consciousness of subordinate classes , people are falsely conscious of their social positions. Social history; individual can understand her own experience and gauge her own fate only by locating herself within her period she can know her own chances in life only by becoming aware of all individuals in her circumstances. Personal troubles & public issues; linking personal experiences to changes in social structure (ex. One worker out of work because of mass unemployment in the society) Sociological society; to some extent we live in a sociological society" where we exercise our sociological imaginations, and take certain sociological claims for granted (canadian census, pop culture, music, film) Flush the johns"; middle class vs. working class theorizing; classical vs. contemporary theorizing. The industrial revolution; the division of labour & the wealth of nations"; 18th -19th century revolution in textiles: cotton gin, power loom.