SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination, Scientific Method, Class Conflict

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Riva Liefander

Document Summary

A sociological compass" and a sociological imagination". How sociologists do research: wright mills" bold claim . To recognize this task and this promise is the mark of the classic social analyst. ": the sociological imagination enables us to perceive our individual realities as. Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. ". The organization of knowledge into disciplines is somewhat arbitrary, and not timeless. What distinguishes the social sciences as science" is their adherence to the scientific method": unlike other ways of knowing, the scientific method relies on the use of empirical evidence rather than speculation to test theories. International development and global studies: economics, political studies, psychology, public and international affairs, social work, sociology and anthropology, women"s studies, the most cutting-edge research today takes a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary approach. Origins of sociology and of the sociological imagination.