Introduction to Sociological Theory
Review Sheet for Exam 2
Friday March 22 in class
You should be able to define and discuss all of the following terms. Note that this list is a guide only, and everything from the lectures and readings for this section of the course can be included on the exam.
Ferdinand Toennies
Gemeinschaft (Community)
Gesellschaft (Society)
Georg Simmel
Social Networks
Social Physics
Mechanical solidarity
Organic solidarity
Emile Durkheim
Mechanical Solidarity
Organic Solidarity
Similarity
Functional Inderdependence
Anomie
Karl Marx
The Communist Manifesto
Das Kapital
Class conflict
Capitalists
Bourgeoisie
Proletariat
Base and superstructure
Control of the means of production
Capitalism’s internal contradictions
False consciousness
Class consciousness
Revolutionary intellectuals
Alienation
De-skilling
Routinization
Boredom
Socialism
Thorstein Veblen
Conspicuous consumption
Conspicuous leisure
Conspicuous waste
Max Weber
Class, Status, Power
Rationalization
Means-ends reasoning
purely technical superiority
Charismatic authority
Traditional authority
Rational-legal authority
Problem of succession
Technocracy
Meritocracy
Career ladders
Exams
Technical ability
Pierre Bourdieu
Social Capital
Cultural Capital
Economic Capital
Habitus
Social Field
Symbolic Power
Symbolic Violence