SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Erving Goffman, Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft, Role Theory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Halyna Mokrushyna

Document Summary

Social institution: a set of organized beliefs and rules that establish how a society meets its basic social needs. Functionalist perspective: replacing members, teaching new members, producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services, preserving order, providing and maintaining a sense of purpose, durkhei(cid:373)"s social cohesio(cid:374): Conflict theory: si serve to meet basic social needs, they maintain the privilege of the wealthy and powerful and the powerlessness of others (government, for instance) People feel united by their mutual values and common social bonds interdependence: t nnis: gemeinschaft and gesellschaft: Social bonds are based on impersonal and. Large, urban society bonds of friendship, kinship, and intergenerational stability. These relationships are based on inscribed status. Members have a strong sense of belonging. Little long-term commitment to the group or consensus on values. Relationships are based on achieved status, and interactions are both rational and calculated.