SOC 401 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Thomas Hobbes, Symbolic Interactionism, Sociology
12 Oct 2018
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SOC 401
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
SOC 401 – SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
01/19/18
I. Grand conceptual design
Parson thought sociologist didn’t have the big picture, belief that
sociologist lacks the full vision of the nature of the social work
and how things work, how institutions survive, idea is to supply
with the big picture.
Functionalism
Talcott Parsons
Social science
The social system (1951)
The idea that social order/life/role is like a body
When thinking about system what’s the message you get?
WHAT WOULD BE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE SYSTEM AND SOCIAL ORDER? Parson thought
the system was a lot easier. If you describe social word as a
system they will see the world as a part.
The Hobbesian problem
Taking for a guy named Thomas Hobbes (600), belief that
social life is nasty, rubbish and short, and anything can
occur. He thought that if people were criticizing and critical
it will jeopardize order. The idea that order is fragile and
could actually collapse in anytime
Enforce order
Why describe social world is a system?
For the system to work there must be similar values e.g.
school prepare us for the social work
Introduced the system
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Grand explanation for institutions
Secure society (control)
Something to study
Make sociology scientific
What does theory accomplish
Focus on the prevailing order
Understand how the system work s
Attempt to improve institutions
The whole
Problems:
1. Conservative
There’s not a critique of the order,
2. Possibly repressive
The idea of a system
Insensitive to how order is Actually created
How order is actually created, assumes that order exist
II. Social construction
1. George Homans
Harvard - humanity wasn’t going to change
Wrote an article..
2. “Bringing men back in” (1961)
Reason is because he wanted to bring people into theorizing
He wanted to transformed sociology into a science.. What
science? What sociology should be?
They had in mind that sociology was going to be a science
Transform sociology into a science
Homans wanted to transform sociology into a science— but what
kind of science?
They wanted it to be like a natural science
Natural science
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Document Summary
Parson thought sociologist didn"t have the big picture, belief that sociologist lacks the full vision of the nature of the social work and how things work, how institutions survive, idea is to supply with the big picture. The idea that social order/life/role is like a body. Parson thought the system was a lot easier. If you describe social word as a system they will see the world as a part. Taking for a guy named thomas hobbes (600), belief that social life is nasty, rubbish and short, and anything can occur. He thought that if people were criticizing and critical it will jeopardize order. The idea that order is fragile and could actually collapse in anytime. For the system to work there must be similar values e. g. school prepare us for the social work. There"s not a critique of the order, Insensitive to how order is actually created. How order is actually created, assumes that order exist.
