SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1&12: Auguste Comte, Symbolic Interactionism, Talcott Parsons
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Sociological explanation of suicide: come up with by emilie durkheim. Social structures: defined as being relatively stable patterns of social relations. Sociological imagination the ability to see the connection between personal troubles and social structures: wright mills named it. 3 different revelations pushed people into the idea of that personal troubles and social structures were linked (social imagination) Industrial revolution began in the 1780s after the war when science and technology was applied to industrial processes; factories were created, the working class was formed. A theory is an explanation of some aspect of social life that state how and why certain facts are related. i. e. : durkheim related facts about suicide rates and social solidarity. He then formed his sociological theory about suicide. Values are ideas about what is good vs bad, right vs wrong. Sociological theory and theorists - functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic.
