Sociology 2259 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Erving Goffman, Child Abuse, Folk Devil
25 Oct 2015
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Moral codes emerge from a process of interpretation rather than from any type of absolute morality. Substantial shift away from the positivist approach to theorizing. Subjective views of deviance clam we cant know deviance when we see and instead must be told that a behaviour or characteristic is deviant. The associated theories don"t look at the violation of social expectations but rather at the nature of the social expectations themselves. Objective: positivist theories, do not focus on the act, instead they focus on: Subjective: interpretive and critical theories best explain the social construction of deviance, interpretive theories claim. The only reality is that which emerges through reciprocal, intersubjective understanding between people and as such these theorists focus on the meaning that emerge from interactions between people who engage in symbolic dialogue: interpretive theories emphasize. Meanings, understandings, interpretations: critical theories emphasize.
