SOC 505 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Canada, Social Class, Antonio Gramsci

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 505
• Professor: Dr. Stephen Sheps

Document Summary

Social construction: an idea of practice that a group of people agree exists. Maintained over time by people taking its existence for granted. What people think and do are products of culture and history: examples of social constructs: masculinity, race, education, race, class, money. The sociological imagination: sociology is the scientific study of the connection between the individual and social structure. It examines the underlying patterns in human behaviour and our relationships with one another: c. wright mills (1959) coined the term the sociological imagination. It(cid:859)s a discourse encompassing a group of abstract concepts and signs linked together through reasoned/logical argument. It seeks to understand the nature of these elements and how they relate to each other, and to society as a whole. Social theorists make themselves familiar with pre-existing descriptions and i(cid:374)terpretatio(cid:374)s of so(cid:272)ial life a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)iet(cid:455), (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:271)oth i(cid:374)telle(cid:272)tuals a(cid:374)d (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:862)ordi(cid:374)ar(cid:455) people(cid:863).