Visual Arts Studio 1020 Study Guide - Final Guide: George Herbert Mead, Altruistic Suicide, Erving Goffman
16 Oct 2011
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Sociology systematic study of social behavior in human societies. A new way of seeing the world. Industrialization: analyze the social world through empirical means. Gives us a different perspective on the world. Some theoretical paradigms: structural functionalism, conflict theory, functionalism, feminism. Normal state = equilibrium: change in on structure changes others, change is disruptive. Every activity has a consequence or function: manifest functions. Open stated, conscious functions: latent functions. Unconscious functions / may reflect hidden purposes. There are good and bad functions: eufunction. Positive benefit for society maintain equilibrium: dysfunction. Element or process that is disruptive and will destabilize. Society will fix itself if problems occur restabilize. Critique: too broad, focuses on stability at expense of conflict. There are needs: social structures/institutions fill those. Anomie = normlessness: lack of norms/regulation. Change : mechanical solidarity - > organic solidarity: mechanical solidarity. People feel connected to each other through similar work/lifestyles.
