a) Georg Simmel describes the “blasé attitude” as being the constant stimulation and loss of stability that can result in a state in which one is no longer capable of reacting to the shock of new stimuli. This leads to the development of a cool and distant way of merely observing without expressing emotion. Adopting a blasé attitude compensates for the mind’s feeling of being overwhelmed‚ and allows the self to begin to build a new urbanized identity. You start to experience the same thing and everything
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Purpose of Paradigms and Theory Sociology has different ways of approaching the world and ideas in it ● Each one has its own assumptions‚ and own perspective on how to explain a particular social problem or phenomenon Theories are explained of the relationship between two or more concepts ● Theories provide a way for organizing facts about some phenomena ● Theory : A statements of how and why particular facts are related There are three major paradigms in sociology : ● Structural Functionalism
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When all that is Solid Melts into Fashion - fashion’s FLIRT with modernity DKDS // CDF // 2006 Two Papers on Fashion Theory TWo PaPeRS on FaShIon TheoRy 2 When all that is Solid Melts into Fashion - fashion’s FLIRT with modernity Nikolina Olsen-Rule // External Lecturer‚ University of Århus // nor@dkds.dk // Research Assistant // Danmarks Designskole // 2006 0 Ferns in Fashion - on the Logic of Trends Maria Mackinney-Valentin // Ph.D. Scholar // mmk@dkds.dk // Center for Design Research
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SYLLABUS Course Number: SOCI 1025 Course Title: Sociology of American Culture Fall 2014 Professor: Todd Motto E-mail: tmotto1@fordham.edu 12:45 Meeting day and time: Section L01 – Tue/Fri 11:30amSection R01 – Tue/Fri 2:30-3:45pm Phone: 646 753 0394 Credits: 3 Office Hours: By appointment Course Description A course in the sociology of American culture for students enrolled in the “English as a second language” (ESL) program and taking College ESL Writing (I in Fall and II
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Armenian and Turk D) Rwandan and Jews 12. The social psychologist who used electrical shock in his experiments in order to find out how far people would go in obeying the commands of an authority figure is: A) Philip Zimbardo B) Emile Durkheim C) Georg Simmel D) Stanley Milgram 13. August Comte believed that all
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MEDIA AND THE CITY: URBAN SENSES COMMUNICATION STUDIES 361 Department of Art History and Communication Studies McGill University Christopher Gutierrez M/W/F 11:35-12:25 Arts W-215 FALL 2014 Instructor: Office: Office hours: E-mail: Christopher Gutierrez Arts W-285 Monday 1:00 – 3:00 christopher.gutierrez@mcgill.ca T.A.: Office: Office Hours: Email: Francois Mouillot Arts B-22 Wednesday 12:30 – 1:30 francois.mouillot@mail.mcgill.ca OVERVIEW This course engages with
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comfortable. What exactly is this urban mentality that is sculpted by cities? It is the idea that we are all strangers with a common goal. That common goal is “me.” The idea that everyone in a city is merely looking out for themselves and their own interests. To break down a city into a more microscopic‚ everyday encounter‚ I like to view it as a packed elevator. A group of strangers in a small and congested space who’s only verbal interaction is “4th floor please” or “excuse me” all headed to
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History of sociology From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Sociology | | Portal | Theory and History | Positivism · Antipositivism Functionalism · Conflict theory Middle-range · Mathematical Critical theory · Socialization Structure and agency | Research methods | Quantitative · Qualitative Computational · Ethnographic | Topics and Subfields | Cities · Class · Crime · Culture Deviance · Demography · Education Economy · Environment · Family
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German Culture Germany has been remarkably called Das Land der Dichter und Denker (the land of poets and thinkers). The diverse culture of Germany has been molded by the major intellectual and popular currents in Europe‚ both religious and secular. This report is divided into several aspects of German Culture which are as follows. Language German is the official and predominant spoken language in Germany. Minority languages constitute Sorbian‚ Danish‚ Romany and Frisian. The immigrant languages
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Conflict criminology: “less radical strains of conflict theory can be traced back to Georg Simmel and George Vold” (page 331) the more radicalized versions of conflict and critical criminology that came to prominence during the 1970’s and early 1980’s generally had their intellectual roots in the thinking of Karl Marx. “conflict criminologist and critical criminologist alike view law as resulting from social conflict. They stress the impact of economic power and social inequality on law formation
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