SOCI 1002 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Solidarity, Auguste Comte, Scientific Revolution
18 Feb 2017
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Sociology: the systematic study of human behavior in social context; analyzes the connection b/w personal troubles & social structures. Suicide = antisocial & non-social act: condemned by nearly everyone in society, typically committed in private, comparatively rare, motives focus on individual states of mind rather than on the state of society. Emile durkheim social forces strongly influence suicide rates: examined association b/w rates of suicide and rates of psychological disorder, found that suicide rates and rates of psychological disorder appeared to vary inversely . Men are 3x more likely to commit suicide than women. Social structures: relatively stable patterns of social relations. Patriarchy: the traditional system of economic & political inequality b/w women & men. Ch 1: a sociological compass: global structures: patterns of social relations that lie outside & above the national level (e. g. int"l organizations, patterns of worldwide travel & communication, and economic relations b/w countries)
