SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sociological Theory, French Revolution, Harriet Martineau

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Sachil Singh

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W e regular ly use nam es of countr ies ( rhodesia, colum bia [nam ed af ter. Chr istopher colum bus], etc. ) which ar e nam ed af ter histor i cally colonial people/conq uests. The point : we should think sociologically about the language we use in our day t o day (f or exam ple, t he names of countr ies and their bor ders). Those r elat ions m ay be discover able t hrough sociological t heor y. It helps us ident if y tr ends in societ y, which m akes t est ing them easier. Helps us m ake proposit ion s about how and why diff erent aspects m ay be r elat ed: eg: w hy is it a comm on problem that canadian hos pitals assum e. First nat ions are sim ply drunk when they appear out of control" of their f acult ies.