SOC388H1 Lecture Notes - Blackboard
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2 things you should notice: book build on two theories, gofmen"s theory. Zerubavel was a student of gofmen: durkem"s theory. Foundation for looking at basic cognitive acts such as receiving, issue of time and identity, memory. 2: how people construct culture that mediate meaning, we can deconstruct and understand this meaning, patterns of thinking is what construct our culture. Pointed by zerubavel: none of this is necessary, dividing weekday from weekend, divide space in our lives, but we learn some things are public, some are private, work and leisure. Used same concepts used in religion, other sinologist used this concept into work life. Social mental conventions: when we think basic acts in cognition, its conventions, norms. Fascination with mind in recent news: sociology brings a different perspective when comes to the mind. Individual level: we can think of mind in individual level, social level, universal level.
