SOCA01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Auguste Comte, Symbolic Interactionism, Protestant Work Ethic
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Concept discussion soca01 ungar midterm review session. Everything will be posted online via dropbox (link will be on our facebook page. In order to have a stable society, someone needs to benefit and someone needs to lose. If youre not well off in society, itll kill you off. Apply subjective meaning to the circumstance: criticized marx"s theory of conflict. Politics and religion are also relevant; consider the protestant ethic. Pe = save up money, work hard, get to go heaven. Weber endorses this: rational society around logic and efficiency not morality nor tradition, verstehen. When you see from the perspective of someone else. Every part of society has a function and are interralted. If we don"t have one a fully functioning society , society dies: believes in social solidarity. More integration = less likely to commit suicide: anomie. Sense of normlessness; break down of social norms. E. g. feeling lonely when you"re surrounded by people.
