SOC 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Symbolic Interactionism, Class Conflict, False Consciousness

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2112
• Professor: Joseph Sawan

Document Summary

He is german and a contemporary of weber. Some indicate that he was the most important in advancing social thought while others say he lacks integration as he wrote about various topics together. He focused on the micro (social relations and group affiliations) paving the path forward for symbolic interactionism and mead onward. Social relations: social relations are what make the individual, and ultimately creates society. It is isolated elements that are unified through their common relation to a phenomenon that exists outside of them. Power, inequality and class conflict are not sufficiently addressed neither. He writes about these in the context of domination where he focuses on situations where one person has consistent power over others. There are two types: authority: some level of legitimacy or acceptance among the persons, prestige: it does not require legitimacy but results due to emotional appeal/brainwashing. They do not want it to undermine but to act back upon him.