SOCI 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Symbolic Interactionism, George Herbert Mead, Eating Disorder
23 Jan 2018
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Reading: review of albert schaeffle, bau und leben des sozialen korpers: erster band (emile. Reading: growing up is harder to do (frank f. furstenberg jr, sheela kennedy, vonnie c. Mclloyd, ruben g. rumbaut, and richard a. settersten jr) Reading: the presentation of self (erving goffman) Lays foundation for his influential theory of society (continued to develop over course of career) Discusses jean-jacques rousseau"s ideas of human nature. Began theories of human nature by thinking about what humans would be like before society existed. Thought that humans could exist before there were societies. Humans were happy savages who did not interact and had no language. Thought that the stage before society was the best stage (b/w primitive and modern extreme civilisation) Thought that society corrupts humans and leads to our decay . Thought humans cannot exist w/o society or develop w/o interaction w/ other humans. Argued that society is good because it helps people feel integrated.
