HREQ 1930 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: C. Wright Mills, Sexual Orientation, Visible Minority

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 1930
• Professor: Merle Jacobs

Document Summary

C. wright mills: historical way of something is created, historical view pov of society, you recognize larger forces in society, bandwagon in society, issue of understanding history and imagination. Self guided and disciplined way of thinking. Reason to the highest level of thinking. Concept critical: analyzing, evaluating info, observation, experiences, reflection. What is classical social theory: broad sociological theorist of 1920"s and 30"s century, white old men mary, class, power we are using this individual knowledge. What is theory: it is a statement of how and why specific facts are related, social thinkers influence society to produce of how human society works. Serve of alienation = less human: communism, today people cut + paste; gov"t = copyright, marx alienation = sociological separation from natural environment. Pov vision of labor from different way. New sense of solidary better suiting this human. Characterizes: historical component embedded, labour = no social class = yes sold solidary, society evolved from simple mechanics; mechanic solidary.