Lecture notes Foundations in Sociology

27/09/22
Key Sociologists and theories
Three main perspectives in sociology:
Structural functionalism (macro-level)
Symbolic interactionism (micro-level)
Conflict theory (macro-level)
Ideas focused from structural functionalism:
-> Social normals
-> Uniformity
-> Social order
Ideas focused from symbolic interactionism:
-> Communication
-> Symbolic association
-> Social Patterns
-> Culture
Ideas focused from conflict theory:
-> Religion
-> Education
-> Gender/sex (Feminism)
-> Race/Ethnicity
-> Politics
-> Justice systems
Key Sociologists:
Emile Durkheim
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Founding father
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Wrote ‘The division of labor’, which refuted the Marx theory on
industrialization
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Durkheim wrote theories on ‘suicide’ to distinguish sociology & psychology
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