SOC100H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Participant Observation, Scientific Revolution, Class Consciousness
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Story about the new world, how a little girl"s nanny was indian, a race from the new world. New world is one of instant long distance communication, global economies and cultures, weakening nation states and technological advances. We think of what happened in people"s lives that made them become angry and depressed to commit suicide. We don"t usually think of social relations that might encourage or inhibit such actions. The sociological explanation of suicide: emile durkheim. Demonstrated suicide is more than just individual act that results from psychological disorder. Showed that suicide is strongly influenced by social forces. First made case by analyzing suicide rates and rates of psychological disorders. When he analyzed this, found that there are more women in insane asylums then men but for every female suicide, there are 4 male suicides. Argued suicide rates varied as a result of differences in the degree of social solidarity.
