SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Philosophy, Industrial Revolution, Georg Simmel
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Systematic study of human action in context. Impact of interaction (i. e. supportive friends vs judgmental families) As it appears in particular historical, cultural, economic and social contexts. It is a dynamic growing discipline, full of possibilities. Agency someone with free will, you have a choice. Concept of free will ignores that the choice itself will be limited in a way that is out of your control. Structure restrictions put on that free will (something that restricts that free choice) Example of education (something that you cannot control that restricts you from doing well) What you achieve is the result of the choices you make structure is not a factor (nothing is limiting you, its what you do) Opportunities and constraints are not evenly distributed (i. e. a person facing challenges in one area may be thriving in another) Sociology is an elastic discipline that shares some elements in common with many other fields. Also political science, anthropology, economics, geography, linguistics.
