LS101 Lecture 6: SocNogtes
21 Sep 2017
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Anthony gramsci everyone is a social theorist not only can anyone learn to make ideas or judgements, we already use intellects to explain how society works. The world is the way it is and couldn"t be much different. Able to question and resist rules eg survival. Mills must study ones experiences and the social context. Structure born into structured world with institutions and rules agency people are thinking and active individuals. Traditional vs modern, rise of science vs religion new world of enlightenment. Intended to create a science to understand social life. Comte however became insane, attempted suicide, fell in love with clotilde de vaux who died of tuberculosis within a yr,went through religion, Herbert spencer believed in a food chain. Naturalistic, non thinking, human nature socially structured. Weber subjective factors (intentions, beliefs) poverty usually begets poverty. Social solidarity forces that generate agreement and consensus among people.
