SOC101Y1 : reading notes
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4:18 pm: memory is to the individual as history is to society, we will be discussing today one of the outstanding historical sociologists, three basic elements to historical sociology. We have to understand the history that came before it. The biography people will stand out and so we need to study the individuals and how important they are) Think of these things in terms of the counter-factuals (what would. A concern with whom the historical individuals were - these have happened if instead : what is the difference between a historian and a historical-sociologist o. If we define history as a unique and unrepeatable series of events. A historian will study julius caesar, then a historical-sociologist will study caesarism why something happened, not just why it happened. Historical sociologist will be interested in causes and consequences - This makes sense - we want the context, history and biography. Master trend from aristocracy to democracy - the people start.