Goals :
Goals Understand the Sociological Imagination and the key terms sociology and society.
Gain knowledge of the beginnings of the discipline and the 3 major sociological paradigms/theoretical perspectives.
Start to be able to apply these theories to different subjects.
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Sociology and Society
Sociology :
Sociology The systematic/scientific study of society.
We will find out that this entails much- everything that makes up our social being/ our social experiences (Aristotle).
The study of human interaction and the varying groups and social institutions that people live within.
Sociological Imagination :
Sociological Imagination Seeing the general in the particular
Seeing the strange in the familiar
External forces (institutional/social)
Peter Burger :
Peter Burger What type of subject may a sociologist be interested in?
We all have free-will (self-autonomy) to decide much of our fate.
What are some limits regarding our free-will? What external forces in our lives play a role in limiting what we can and cannot do?