SOCL 2001 Chapter : Chapter 1 Outline
Document Summary
What is a social institution? influences on society, and his emphasis on subjectivity became a foundation of interpretive sociology. them. are a part of (or in relationship to groups they choose not to be a part of). We use our sociological imagination to think critically about the social world around us. to society at large and greater historical forces. Using our sociological a grand narrative constructed of many individual stories. The sociology of sociology that perform a social role. Sociology focuses on making comparisons across cases to find patterns and create hypotheses about how societies work now or in the past. Sociology looks at how individuals interact with one another as well as at how groups, small and large, interact with one another. History and anthropology tend to focus more on particular circumstances, though in cultural anthropology in particular, there can be a lot of overlap with sociology.
