Sociology 2240E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Sociological Imagination, Public Sociology, Montesquieu
1 Feb 2017
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Systemic study of patterned social interactions in society. We also look at the sociological perspective. The scientific study of human social activity achieved through recognizing both general patterns in specific situations and specific patterns in general situations. At the heart of the discipline is a distinctive point of view called the sociological perspective . This means that sociologist look at things a certain way, or from a certain perspective or viewpoint. Often students see social theories as reified abstractions only related to one another like a set of crossword puzzles. They can understand different theoretical approaches, but they are not sure how they connect to one another. My goal: is to make social theory understandable and connected to real world events. Social theory should not be separated from real world events, rather it should be used to help explain aspects of everyday life. Theories are systems of generalized statements or propositions about phenomena.
