SOC 1101 Study Guide - France 2, Seymour Martin Lipset, Genderqueer
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Characteristics of a science: a central problem, a set of concepts, a collection of facts, research methods, theoretical knowledge. The french revolution: begins in 1789, led by the bankers, wanted removal of all control of whatever you owned. No state restrictions, get rid of them: capitalists would become the powers of france c. Thus, the rise of napoleon: napoleon marches across europe and takes over moscow, auguste comte was born right after the french revolution. Competitiveness is not human nature, it is socially influenced: the comparative method is used to distinguish socially determined behaviour from biological based nature. If the behaviour is constant across all cultures, it is biologic nature. If the behaviour varies across cultures, it is strong evidence that the behaviour is culturally conditioned. Comparing the society at different parts in time. Objectivity: common sense, largely consists of prejudicial ideas about the world, rene descartes )the courses of our biased ideas, the biases of our childhood.
