SOCI 120 : Part One
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Sociology is the systematic (science) study of human society. Sociological perspective a logical framework for understanding, that derives knowledge from direct systematic observation based on empirical evidence sensory observation data . See the general in the particular:see general social patterns in particular individuals. See the strange in the familiar:awareness that society guides over thoughts and actions. See individuality in a social context: durkheim"s work on suicidal rates points to strong influence of social integration. Life doesn"t just unfold according to chance or its individual decisions, or to individual talent. We can study the social world in a scientific way just as we study the natural world in a scientific way - auguste comte (1798-1857) Max weber (1864-1920: industrial revolution- new technologies, scientific revolution- new ideas, political revolution- capitalism. C. wright mills- sociological imagination which is the ability to see personal problems as public issues; to see realities of our own lives in the context of common institutional forms.
