SY101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Kuchen, Anomie, Bourgeoisie
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Human behaviour cannot be understood simply by looking at statistics research should be conducted in a scientific matter wanted objectivity to be the whole part of sociological behaviour social behaviour cannot be analysed the same way that the natural world is analysed (for example how we study the behaviour of cells, etc) advocated using verstehen to grasp by insight a focus on subjective meanings that people attach to their action weber & value relevance vs value freedom. Class struggle is the key to all human history one small group controls the means of production and exploits those who do not constant power struggles for control of scarce resources conformity forces on the powerless by the powerful few people bind together because of interests, not shared values in industrialized societies: bourgeoisie: small group of capitalists who own the means to produce wealth and exploit workers long hours, low pay, etc.
