SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: C. Wright Mills, Glasser'S Choice Theory, Participant Observation
11 Oct 2016
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Among college educated ppl, married men earn 44% more & married women earn 10% less than their unmarried colleagues. Theory that an individual"s behavior is purposive (oriented to achieve a known goal. Narrow appropriation of weber"s theory of action. Used very expansively today, especially when couple become with behavioral economics & some strands of neuroscience. Belief that society is no longer governed by history or [progres. & diverse w/no ground narrative" guiding its developments. Rejection among the other things, marx"s materialistic conception of history. Gap b/w symbol & what if anything i being represented. Postmodern: difficult for ppl to find out what is the truth & the lie. Think that science is about achieving certainty about word/nature of universe & holding an objecting distance/dispassionate to learn about specified specialized things but . Science can also be about deep & wide knowledge of the world. Describing confidence of claims about the world.
