SOC231H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Spheres, Martha Nussbaum, French Revolution
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From children who needs guidance towards thinking for themselves (application of reasons) Kant: the time they were writing: period of colonialism: racist!! Hobbes + rousseau: the social contract (cid:862)(cid:374)e(cid:449) le(cid:448)iatha(cid:374)(cid:863): a(cid:271)t the tate (cid:894)(cid:373)ore (cid:272)haoti(cid:272)(cid:895: the power to set rules + enforcement. Helicopter view of how sociology should be connect diff institutions in the society (w/o specifically focus on one single institution) link domains that appear to be separated from each other. Rousseau: (cid:862)perfe(cid:272)ti(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s(cid:863) constantly strive to perfect/better themselves (conditions of existence) Humans are born free but is everywhere in chains: constrained by social structures. Dialectical method looking at the world at a diff lens rejects the either or dichotomy: positivists: optimistic abt changes (eg. french revolution, romantic conservatives: negative abt; want to go back where everybody knows their roles. Positivists: any atoms as an entity in itself has some specific qualities.
