SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Queer Theory, Conflict Theories, Sociological Theory
1 Mar 2016
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A theory is a statement or a tentative explanation of how and why specific facts or variables are related. There are also more modern sociological theories: feminist theories, post- Structuralist theory, queer theory, post-colonial theory, anti-racist theories. A macro-level approach that see society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. Our lives are guided by social structures; each social structure has a function. Society is made up of inter related parts and provides a function, but it must be at equilibrium. A macro-level approach that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and social change. Power is the core of all social relationships, and scare and unequally distributed. Social values and the dominant ideology is where they promote. A close-up (micro-level) focus on social interaction in specific situations, Symbolic integrationists examine how we use symbols to interact with people.
