SOCIOL 2CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Herbert Blumer, Social Constructionism, Scientism
20 Nov 2018
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Social constructionism: most radical of all sociological theories/approaches, originated as attempts to come to terms with nature of reality. Including concepts of objectivity, essence/origins/nature: takes an anti-realist (objectivist) and a relativist (context) stance, concerned with the individual"s understanding and experience of reality is subjective mediated. I. e. created by us: but viewed society as existing both objectively and subjectively, 2) si and labelling theory - esp the work of herbert blumer. Brute facts" exist, or some things just exist", we can"t explain them they just are": e. g. gravity, air, strong social constructionism, everything is a social construct, there are no brute facts, foucault. Sc and deviance: social constructionist approach to deviant behaviour, moved away from studying deviance - the term was problematic, to study the sociology of social problems - a conceptual shift. The rise of sc: for social constructionists, the existence of the condition is not important, what is important is what people say about the condition.
