SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Critical Theory, Sociological Perspectives, Stereotype

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1001
• Professor: William Flynn

Document Summary

Sociology - non individual explanations impacts the lives of individuals and groups. What is sociology: the systematic study of society and societal interaction, however, sociology is complicated. Sociology can broadly be defined as the systematic study of human society methodologies and different levels of analysis: sociological perspectives. Several different theoretical perspectives: critical & feminist, functionalist and symbolic interactionist: critical and feminist, critical sociology - critique: analysis and assessment. To challenge and expose different perspectives, short comings and problems. To define/identify/frame then fix/rectify the problem: critical sociology tends to look at inequalities and forms of domination. Study how people are being discriminated upon other groups of people. Stereotyping, domination, inequality, etc: the "moral/political conscience" of sociology. The sociological imagination (c. wright mills: also referred to as the "sociological lens" or "sociological perspective" It is how individuals understand their own and others" lives in relation to history and social structure: the connections between self and society.