SOC 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Sociocultural System, Social Philosophy

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Graeme Metcalf

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Soc module 1 chapter 1: sociology and the study of society. Key goal of sociology systematically study and analyze the various elements that constitute a so(cid:272)iety"s st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e a(cid:374)d the (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ships a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g these ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts. Power the ability of an individual or group to carry out its will even when opposed by others. La(cid:396)gely a (cid:396)esult of (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)ol of a so(cid:272)iety"s (cid:396)esou(cid:396)(cid:272)es. Proximal relations of power power in personal relationships. Distal relations of power power in society as a whole. Status position within the social structure. Sociological imagination ability to go beyond personal issues and connect to broader social structures. Noncomforming behaviour going against norms or patterns, brings broader social change. The enlightenment cultural movement that expanded in both europe and north america in the 17th and 18th centuries and gradually spread around the world. Everything is related (everything is dependent on everything else) Change proceeds from the quantitative to the qualitative.