SOC232H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Alvin Ward Gouldner, The Sociological Imagination, Social Theory
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Soc232 midterm study guide- lectures and textbook notes. Theory is the normal accomplishment of socially adept human creatures figuring out what other creatures are doing. He called for a new social doctrine based on the sciences. Comte was a major influence on 19th- century thought, influencing the work of social thinkers such as karl marx, john stuart mill, etc. Theory was derived from moving to a traditional society to a more modern society. The social theory emerged/triggered after enlightenment and once the world changed drastically. The first social theorists were sort of eurocentric most were male, white, middle class thinkers. Theory of knowledge, esp. with regard to its methods, validity, and scope: he"s saying watch out for yourself and really know who you are and your position in society. Social theory: its uses and pleases and modernity"s classical age (pg.
