SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Discourse Analysis, Gayle Rubin, Queer Theory
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Imagine how different the interaction with each would be: time is also a symbolic interaction. We think it has particular meaning, but changes in its context: words we use as symbols. Functional analysis (functionalism, structural functionalism): durkheim, macro level, sociological theory that views society as a unit made up of interrelated parts that work together. Looks at the structure and functions of society. When they work well together, there is equilibrium, and opposite is true: functions/ dysfunctions. Crime + the poor are functions of society in a capitalist society. Businesses benefit from crime: latent (getting along with people ex. parts, sharing), manifest (what we all know (abc, 1, 2, 3, have been shifts. Class conflict theory: marx, macro level, concludes that class struggle is the key to all human history. If you change the law, hopefully the customs follow: non-marxist feminist theory, patriarchy oppresses women, power, dominance, hierarchy, competition to keep women down.
