Sociology 2271A/B Study Guide - Winter 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Theravada, The Authority, Talcott Parsons
29 Mar 2019
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Social theories are tools, analytical frameworks, or heuristics (also called paradigms) used to examine social life and social phenomenon. Social theory encompasses predominant ideas about how societies change and develop. Social theory includes methods of explaining social behaviour as well of levels of analysis. Social theory spans a variety of themes such as themes such as power relations, the historical development of capitalism, or their interest in small group behaviour. Institut f r sozialforschung, 1923: produced neo-marxian theory, established critical theory. Following marx, these theorists were concerned with describing inequality, social change, and the establishment of institutions. In the contemporary period the frankfurt school (the school and many scholars) moved from berlin to columbia. University: a shift from europe to the united states also shifts the theorists perspective. These neo theories are adaptations on previous schools of thought. Symbolic interactionism (for ex) falls under the category of interpretive theory, which is more about discussing individuals.
