SOC100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Meritocracy, Intersectionality, Bruno Latour
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Sociology systematic study of human action in context. Systematic study sociology is a social science. Makes sense of human action what human beings do, what they feel & what they think. In particular historical, cultural, economic, social context. Create opportunities for us to think and act. Sets limits on our thoughts & actions. What accounts for patterns of regularity how various forms of order are established & play out in diff aspects of lives. Factors that impact individuals/groups to act/think way they do. Structure how social location enables & constraints types of opportunities we do have. Rules lay out objectives of game what is permissible & not permissible. Players still make choices diff strategies & levels of expertise & experience. Neoliberal subject every subject has same political, social, economic opportunities. Inequalities outcome of decision made by families & individuals. Not accounted for by broader structural patterns.
