SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gelato, Mcdonaldization, Symbolic Interactionism
16 Feb 2018
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Includes both material objects and ideas (superstitious beliefs) Modern bureaucracies: uniform, standardized, no discretion or latitude permitted for clients or workers. Features of the mcdonald"s business empire are apparent in many other organizations (beyond fast food and retail) Post modernism has impacted sociology and many other academic disciplines. It has also impacted fields such as music, architecture, art, and literature. There is no singular theory or "truth" - - rather knowledge and truth is situation - specific, fluid and contested. Discourse is knowledge and communicated (academic, political, medical. Discourse is knowledge and communicated (academic, political, medical discourse. ) Truth often reflects power relations as those with power can shape and reshape discourse. Postmodernist theory challenges traditional theories premised on a singular explanation of the social world: i. e - conflict theory is premised on the idea of class-conflict. Symbolic interactionism on the idea of micro-level interactions constituting and creating society. Feminist theory is premised on the idea of gender-based inequalities.
