SOCI 3430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Talcott Parsons, Phenomenological Sociology, Symbolic Interactionism
11 Feb 2018
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Education seen as a playing role within the system. Meritocracy: government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability. Schools ensure that the best people will fill the most important jobs in society. Schools ensure that the best people will perform the most important jobs. 2) the value of equality of opportunity. Schools also perform the function of role allocation. A function is (cid:498)a complex of activities directed towards meeting a need or needs of the system(cid:499) Phenomenological sociology: our consciousness of the world, our knowledge of it, is through interpretation. The role of meanings, symbols, and intersubjective relationships. Emphasizes on interactionism, and the actor(cid:495)s experience of the world. Drawing on jean paul sartre(cid:495)s ((cid:883)9(cid:882)5-1980) views on human freedom. Encourages people to seek change through the way they think. Structural functionalism & symbolic interactionism oct 25, 2017. Developed in the university of chicago sociology department around 1920s.
