SOC 1445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sociological Perspectives, Metatheory
Document Summary
How to think about society and environment with sociological perspectives. The world is finite with physical and biological limits constraining economic growth and social progress. It is productive to see and the social and ecological as entangled. Sociological entanglements have both material (tangible) and cultural components. Power relations play a huge role in how we are impacted by the sociological components, which socioenvironmental problems we experience and our broader attitudes to environmental hazards and risks. Some networks are more able to move institutions that generate policy programs to address than others because of power relations. Sociological relations are not set in stone. Meta (before or beyond) + theory (speculate or contemplate) The majority of global scientific community, earth"s climate is changing, and humanity is responsible . We know that humans are responsible for the most recent episode of rapid climate change by observing atmospheric co2 levels, which have drastically increased since.
