SOCIOLOGY

  Introduction to Sociological Theory Review Sheet for Exam 1 Thursday October 1 in class The 1 st exam will cover the course readings on the syllabus through Karl Marx. 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. What is sociological theory? What is a theory? C. Wright Mills “false consciousness” Suicide and social integration “Anomic Suicide” Charles Darwin Auguste Comte Thomas Malthus Herbert Spencer Ferdinand Toennies Emile Durkheim Georg Simmel Karl Marx Functionalism Conflict theory Cultural Theory Organic analogy Theological stage Metaphysical stage Positivist stage Natural selection “survival of the fittest” “Laws of Population Growth” Meritocracy Ferdinand Toennies Gemeinschaft (“Community”) Gesellschaft (“Society”) Mechanical solidarity Organic solidarity Anomie Georg Simmel Individualization Network analy...

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Theory lecture notes 2020 Module 1: Readings, Key Ideas, Notes and Videos Overview In Module I of the course we introduce the topics of theory and sociological theory. You will need to use the content outlined on this page to complete two quizzes later in this module. Readings C. W. Mills VIII-37 Max Weber on Verstehen III-11 Marx on false consciousness I-2 Durkheim’s Suicide II-8 Key Concepts and Theorists Theory Sociological theory C. Wright Mills “false consciousness” Suicide and social integration “Anomic Suicide” Introduction The world is a complicated place. People are good at understanding their immediate social reality but generally really bad at understanding large-scale social phenomena. To understand the social forces that affect our lives, but that are not immediately tangible, we need ideas and concepts through which to filter and organize the world, particularly if we want to not only get by day to day, but to answer big, difficult, complicated questions. For instance, if...