SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination, Social Forces, System On A Chip

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Socio can help us create best possible future. Goals of chap: view things from socio perspective, show socio research seeks to improve social world, show socio study applies to our time. Durkheim showed suicide is not just abt personal/psychological issues, but impacted by social forces. Durkheim expected hi-solidarity groups to have lower suicide rates. He said rates vary with how integrated an individual is in their social groups. Aboriginals have highest rates in ca; their traditional norms and values have been destroyed, prevented from meaningful patterns of soc. interaction (very low social solidarity) Sociological imagination: ability to see connection between personal issues and social structures (c wright mills) Socio imag urges us to perceive the events in our lives against a historical/social background. Auguste co(cid:373)te (cid:272)(cid:396)eated (cid:449)o(cid:396)d (cid:862)so(cid:272)iolog(cid:455)(cid:863); in original socio, scientific method and a vision of ideal society was present. Theory: tentative explanations of an aspect of social life; relates facts.