Sociology 2240E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Spirit Of The Laws, Altruistic Suicide, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity
31 Jan 2016
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You are responsible for the following chapters/lectures: understanding social theory, social structural explanations, enlightenment philosophy, romantic conservative reaction, the birth of sociology, durkheim, marx, weber, early women sociologist. 1. 5 how do we know what is true. Ideologies have several dimensions- cognitive, affective, evaluative, programmatic, social. It is a framework a way of understanding our social world that connects history and biography. 3. 1 social events and organizations at the time of the enlightenment. 3. 3 characteristics of enlightenment thought forerunners, reason, ability to use reason is universal, science and criticism, progress, individualism, progress of the mind, empirical research and reason, truth = reason + science, criticism. 3. 7. 1 assumptions of his work- do not look for ultimate causes; look for consistent patterns in society to study; attach intellectual problems of egocentricity and ethnocentricity. Knowledge is variable both in and across cultures. 3. 7. 4 4 types of societies- republic, monarchy, despotism, hunting and gathering. 3. 7. 5 conception of laws- what kinds of laws.
