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"(Sociology) should rather cause us to see things in a different way from the ordinary man (person/human),
for the purpose of any science is to make discoveries, and all such discoveries more or less upset accepted opinions."
-Emile Durkheim
Welcome! Have you ever wondered why men and women are concentrated in different occupations? Or, why do people behave similarly in situations that are new to them? How does conflict and inequality arise in society? Whereas biologists give an explanation of these questions based upon our genetic makeup and psychologists will show how the functions of the brain effects our behavior; sociologists think that our behavior is best understood when we take into account the social context.
Sociologists look at the social worlds we all inhabit through a unique lens - the sociological perspective. Through this lens we'll look at everyday rituals of reverence and domination, solidarity and boundary-making, as well as conformity and resistance. A sociological perspective aids us in understanding the connections between self and society, private troubles and public issues, deviance and normality, order and conflict, and continuity and change. We can use the sociological perspective to explore how meanings are negotiated, races constructed, genders forged, sexuality policed, work defined, underclasses contained, deviants shamed, and families shaped. We can also use the sociological perspective to become aware of how our culture, institutions, families, and friends shaped our lives and to explore what our responsibility is to change society for the better.
"(Sociology) should rather cause us to see things in a different way from the ordinary man (person/human),
for the purpose of any science is to make discoveries, and all such discoveries more or less upset accepted opinions."
-Emile Durkheim
Welcome! Have you ever wondered why men and women are concentrated in different occupations? Or, why do people behave similarly in situations that are new to them? How does conflict and inequality arise in society? Whereas biologists give an explanation of these questions based upon our genetic makeup and psychologists will show how the functions of the brain effects our behavior; sociologists think that our behavior is best understood when we take into account the social context.
Sociologists look at the social worlds we all inhabit through a unique lens - the sociological perspective. Through this lens we'll look at everyday rituals of reverence and domination, solidarity and boundary-making, as well as conformity and resistance. A sociological perspective aids us in understanding the connections between self and society, private troubles and public issues, deviance and normality, order and conflict, and continuity and change. We can use the sociological perspective to explore how meanings are negotiated, races constructed, genders forged, sexuality policed, work defined, underclasses contained, deviants shamed, and families shaped. We can also use the sociological perspective to become aware of how our culture, institutions, families, and friends shaped our lives and to explore what our responsibility is to change society for the better.
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