Sociology 2240E Lecture 7: 2240E - Lecture #7

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2240E
• Professor: Scott Schaffer

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Consciences" is sui generis (of its own kind) Basic way of seeing the world which we all share. Example: forms of logic, conceptions of time and space (b) collective conscience. Socialized into us: that still small voice in your head: so how to study such a nebulous and not directly observable thing, the social fact. It is to be found in each part because it exists in the whole, rather than in the whole because it exists in the parts. (cid:516) (cid:507)rules: 104). Furthermore: (cid:515)of course, when i fully consent and conform to them, this constraint is felt only slightly, if at all, and is therefore unnecessary. But it is, nonetheless, an intrinsic characteristic of these facts; the proof of this is that it asserts itself as soon as i try to resist. (cid:516) (cid:515)o (cid:516) Example in class: the professor told us to place our index finger in front of our face.