SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Postsecret, Erving Goffman, Sociological Inquiry
20 Oct 2015
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Personal troubles fatigue; go to bed and public issues unemployment. Develop quality of mind so we can see problems within a social control. The capacity to shift from one perspective to another. Theory is a generic exploration as to why or how something works. Identifications of a set of values embodied in early protestantism that he believed led to the development of modern capitalism. (max weber) Structural functionalism-a sociological approach that examines the way social systems operate by viewing those systems in terms of the various parts or structures of which they are made. It views society as being like a human body, made up of different structures, with each having a vital function in ensuring the survival of the whole body. Functionalism: stability if one part isn"t working it"ll effect other parts. Take a personal problem and look at it as a public issue.
