SOC 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Industrial Revolution, Harriet Martineau, Social Capital
30 Oct 2018
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Study of social behavior, human groups and group behavior; in uence of social relationship on ppl attitude/ behavior and how societies are established and change. Ability to view own society as outside world rather than limited perspective of personal experiences/cultural biases. See things that are familiar in new light. Provides you with tools to disentangle webs of obvious is debunking. Challenges familiar understandings of ourselves and others so can critically assess truth of commonly held assumptions. Division between 2 classes (factory owners and workers) Need to learn subjective meanings ppl attach to actions, how they themselves view/ explain their behavior. Society in america": examines religion, politics, child rearing. First african american to earn phd from harvard uni. Taught at uni of pennsylvania while undertaking eld research for his study the. Philadelphia negro (1899) and souls of black folk (1903) Both looked at smaller units and intimate relationships that exist in order to understand society.
