Introduction to Sociologywith drug use and associates’ patterns of a random of drug use sample of...
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Introduction to Sociology
The Three Perspectives of
Sociology
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Personal experience Awareness of friends Systematic study
with drug use and associates’ patterns of a random
of drug use sample of drug
users
Defining Sociological
Sociology is the scientific study of human
society and social interactions.
Levels of Understanding Drug Use
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The Sociological Imagination
• C. Wright Mills coined the term
“sociological imagination” to
refer to “...the vivid awareness
of the relationship between
private experience and the
wider society.”
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Sociology and Common Sense
• Common sense assumptions are
usually based on very limited
observation.
• sociology employs the scientific
method
• Sociology seeks to:
• use a broad range of carefully
selected observations; and
• theoretically understand and explain
those observations.
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Sociology and the Social Sciences
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The Development of Sociology
• Sociology emerged as a separate
discipline in the nineteenth century
• This was a time of great social
upheaval due largely to the French and
Industrial Revolutions
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Auguste Comte (1798-1857)
• Set out to develop the “science of
man” that would be based on
empirical observation
• Social Statics—forces which
produce order and stability
• Social Dynamics—forces which
contribute to social change
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Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)
• Most well known for
proposing a doctrine called
“Social Darwinism”
• This is an idea commonly
called survival of the fittest
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Karl Marx (1818-1883)
• Saw human history in a continual
state of conflict between two major
classes:
• Bourgeoisie—owners of the means of
production (capitalists)
• Proletariat—the workers
• Predicted that revolution would
occur producing first a socialist
state, followed by a communist
society
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Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)
• Most well known empirical
study is called Suicide, where
he looks at the social causes of
suicide
• Founder of functionalist theory
Emile Durkheim
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Theoretical Perspectives: Functionalism
• Each part of society works together for the benefit of the whole much like a living organism
• The image that functionalists use to understand society is a living organism
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Theoretical Perspectives: Conflict Theory
• Society is understood to be made up of conflicting interest groups who vie for power and privilege
• This dynamic results in continuous social change, which is the normal state of affairs
• Conflict theory focuses heavily on inequality and differential distribution of power and wealth
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Theoretical Perspectives: The Symbolic Perspective
• Focuses on how individuals make sense of and interpret the world
• This perspective tends to focus on the “micro-order” of small groups
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Comparing Theoretical Perspectives Perspective Scope of
Analysis
Point of View Focus of
Analysis
Structural-Functionalism
Macro Level
1. Various parts of society are interdependent
2. Social systems are highly stable
3. Social life governed by consensus & cooperation
Functional and dysfunctional aspects of society
Conflict Theory
Macro Level
1. Society accommodates between competing interest groups
2. Society unstable and prone to change
3. Social life conflict-laden
1. How social inequalities produce conflict
2. Who benefits from social arrangements
Symbolic Micro-Level 1. Actions have symbolic meanings
2. Meanings can vary
How people make sense of their world