SOCI 2703 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sui Generis, Auguste Comte, Social Fact
26 Aug 2016
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Enlightenment and science: we are looking for conclusions that will hold; used to be about the physical world around us, rationalization of society; people able to move away from tradition, able to think critically. Science and positivism: auguste comte and knowledge testable, empirical, theoretical, noticeable, and provable. Positivism: idea that in the world, anything that is observable, it will become a truth; social fact. Functionalism and deviance: deviance is a social fact or law; universal and specific o. Function clarifies moral boundaries and norms promotes social unity promotes social changes: deviance and norms allow for social control but also make social life possible. Kai erickson and social structure o o o o o o. Communities provide common sphere of experience both geographical and cultural this provides people with an ethos. In deviating and sanctioning, groups declare how much variability and diversity can be tolerated.
