SOC103H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Émile Durkheim, Symbolic Interactionism, Anomie
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Social revolutions important for the growth of sociology: industrial revolution. Drew people into harsh urban conditions and new kinds of exploitive, impersonal economic relationships: french revolution. Convinced people that new social and political arrangements were possible and should be developed. Sociology: the systematic study of social behavior, or the study of society. Society: the largest-scale human group, whose members interact with one another, share a common geographic territory, and share common institutions. Functional theory: views society as a set of interconnected parts that work together to preserve the overall stability and efficiency of the whole. Often characteristically explain social problems by focusing on the failure of institutions to fulfill their roles during times of rapid change. Argued that social institutions perform both manifest (intended) and latent (unintended) functions. Introduced the tern anomie (normlessness): reflects the condition typical in times of rapid social change.
