Patriarchy Davie Religious belief = widespread‚ but nowadays expressed privately not within religious institutions ‘Belief without belonging’ Durkheim Functionalist: definition of religion based on sacred vs. profane (beliefs/practices based thereon) + religion = worship of society (based on totemism) + religion has functions* + Changes with modernity (won’t disappear? Sacred symbols still needed) *Social solidarity + Collective conscience + Value consensus Engels Neo-marxist: Religious movements
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Chapter One: Meaning‚ Nature‚ and Scope of Sociology 1.1 Definition Sociology is a new branch of social science‚ which primarily focused on society (social behavior). The term Sociology comes from the Latin “socius” meaning “companionship” and the Greek “logos”‚ meaning “science or study”. Literally‚ therefore‚ sociology means the study or the science of human society1. Sociology concerns on human behavior seeking to discover the causes and effects that arise in social relations among persons
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Basics in Social Science ( E‚I‚J & K) Lecture sheet-1‚ What is sociology? “ It ain’t the things we don’t know that gets us in trouble. It’s the things we know that ain’t so”.-Artemus Ward What is Society? • A group of sentient beings • A group of physically interested individuals (Ell Good) • Society is a state of quality of mind (MackIver) • An association of individuals organized‚ for given ends (Bushee) • Society is the system of social relationships in and through
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The definition of culture varies with an estimate of 164 individual definitions of organizational culture. One potential catalyst for the number of definitions comes down to the application of theory to the abstract concept of culture within an organization. The more theorist and different organizational fields of study you have the more individual definitions are spawned. Though there may be many definitions of culture one point is understood‚ the strength of a company is directly related to
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Early sociologists (specifically‚ Karl Marx‚ Max Weber‚ and Émile Durkheim) set out to understand the social upheaval and disruption caused by these processes‚ which include the rise of the nation-state‚ economic capitalism‚ bureaucratization‚ urbanization‚ and secularization. Norms: Rules that prescribe correct behavior
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(Lecture Notes: Chapter 1) 1 [CHAPTER 1] Sociology: Theory and Method WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY? • Sociology is the scientific study of human social life‚ groups‚ and societies. • Sociology shows us that aspects of life we consider natural or take for granted are influenced by social and historical forces. • Sociology is a discipline that insists on studying people within their social context. Your textbook begins by defining sociology and then by asking you to consider an unlikely topic—autism—sociologically
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Max Weber’s observations and conclusions regarding modernity and its causes have named him one of the most influential sociologists of our era. Weber believed that in the West rationality had come to become the predominant impetus for action. Weber said that Rationality was one of four motivations towards actions--the remaining three‚ Traditional‚ Affective‚ and Value-Oriented‚ had been based on more humanistic qualities and had all faded into almost insignificance in the modern age. He thought that
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HU-1023 Introduction to Sociology Fall Semester 2011 Professor: | RafiaMallick | Office: | 413-G | E-Mail: | rafia.mallick@ucp.edu.pk | Office Hours: | Monday‚ 9:00 am–11:00 am‚ | | Wednesday‚ 11:00 pm- 1:00 pm | | and by appointment. | Course Description This course is an introduction to the main concepts‚ theories and methods used by sociologists to study society‚ examine the nature of social life‚ and to understand social differences‚ inequalities‚ institutions and change
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so-called “burnouts”‚ are thrown to the wayside all because their community doesn’t care about them. The Capitalist ethic creates a sense of normlessness that not only results in suicide but like Durkheim posited anomie also could play a part in social deviance and crime. The culture surrounding modernity focuses on prioritizing people in terms of use value. The economic system of Capitalism
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Modernity‚ Meaning‚ and Cultural Pessimism in Max Weber Author(s): Steven Seidman Source: Sociological Analysis‚ Vol. 44‚ No. 4 (Winter‚ 1983)‚ pp. 267-278 Published by: Association for the Sociology of Religion‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3711610 Accessed: 11/03/2009 01:53 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use
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