SOCI 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Sigmund Freud
24 Jan 2020
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Methodological principles all thinkers have different methods. Theory of possessive individualism john locke: property = all human beings had in the eyes of god because they were all equal meaning was different (not a capitalist theorist but a christian theorist) Evan smith - people wished to imitate their betters. Description vs. prescription (what is going to happen and what one thinks will happen) Description of reality vs. what he wants to happen. What is sociological theory: sociology began end of 18th beginning of 19th century caused by 2 great revolutions 1. Political revolution (power from the ground to power from the people) Adam smith = based on 2 theories that were highly influential to many sociological theorists: 1. Christian theory in europe, wealth is dangerous to human beings: 2. Human passion: early theorists discovered that one could have different passions and then one could balance multiple passions, set passions against each other, manipulate passions to play against one another.
