SOCL 2001 Quiz: GOOD SOCL NOTES TEST 1.docx
Document Summary
Father of sociology analyzed social dynamics through empirical observations/ideas: emile durkheim, social facts aspects of life, social solidarity social order, division of labor everyone has own tasks and responsibilities which helps keep society functioning, karl marx, capitalism ownership of production in hands of the people, capitalists high class, petite bourgeoisie middle class (small business owners, proletariat lower class. Not doing meaningful labor, depression: max weber, verstehen subjective understanding or looking at how people perceive the world through their own eyes, value free sociology different values in different cultures/societies, theories attempt to explain human behavior. Feminist: symbolic interactionism, functionalism, see society as a complex system of interdependent parts that work together, organs, tissues, bones, etc. work together to help our body function, policemen, teachers, doctors, lawyers, etc. help our society function, religion contributes by making people feel a part of something.
