SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Philosophy, Industrial Revolution, Generic Point
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Sociology is the systematic study of human action in context: what human beings do, what they feel, what they think, as it appears in particular historical, cultural, economic, and social contexts, dynamic, growing discipline, full of possibilities. Structure and agency: allows us choices while also restricting our choices. [can"t attend], major emergencies [fire, family issues], mental well-being, loans [working and balancing school so that they can pay off their loans, resources available [computer, textbooks, internet], transportation, language barriers, stability of country. Critique of neo-liberal subject: we have 100% agency, structure has no role, none of these examples ^^^ have nothing to do with our choices. These events are because of choices we"ve made. We do well or don"t do well because of our own choices. Opportunities and constraints are not evenly distributed: one person who faces challenges in one area, may be thriving in another area.
