SOC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1,2,3,6,9: Sociobiology, Ethnocentrism, Starbucks

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

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Margaret thatcher : uk primer minister (1979-1990, there"s no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families : liberalism. No society= no social control, norms, sexism, inegality and etc: wright mills: the sociological imagination (1959) Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both . Sociology imagination (1959: the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society. Why some people are more likely to commit suicide than others: *why does this vary by nation or religion? , he found a correlation between suicide and the degree of connection and commitment of individuals to society. 1: egoistic: fewer connections, excessive amount of individualism. 2: anomic: state where there is rapid social change, sense of worthlessness. 3: altruistic: too much social regulation, too much commitment, period of economic down turn.