SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Sociological Imagination, Nacirema, Social Order
16 Jun 2017
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Assignment one needs the rst page of the referenced article attached. 3 to start, 5 on assignment 2 and 6 by the end of the 3-6 page essay on inequality. page numbers! Sociology is the systematic study of human groups and their interactions. Sociological perspective - refers to the unique way in which sociologists see our world and can dissect the dynamic relationships between individuals and the larger social network in which we all live. Social location - where people are located in a particular society, gender, race, sexuality, income, where you are (geography) but mostly where you are compared to others not geographically. The sociological imagination - developing an appreciation of how individual challenges are in uences by larger social forces. Social issues are caused by larger social factors. The trick is in understanding how these personal troubles may indeed be due to larger social issues.
