SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Symbolic Interactionism, Herbert Blumer, Social Control Theory
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Two social revolutions were especially important for the growth of sociology. The industrial revolution: changed people"s live by drawing them into harsh conditions and new kinds of exploitations due to economics. French revolution: convinced people through the western world that new social and political arrangements were possible and should be developed. The first to question how the social world is and how people live together in societies. Sociology: the systematic study of social behaviour or the study of society. Society: the largest-scale human group, whose members interact with one another, share a common geographic territory, and share common institutions. Sociology has always been oriented to solving problems finding better ways to live together. Sociologists use study and research to seek scientifically sound explanations. Central goal of sociologists is to replace faulty common-sense reasoning with scientific explanations. Two main macryoanalytical theories exist in sociology: structural functional theory [robert mexton, critical theory [marx and weber]
