SOC101 1nd Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Previous Lecture I The Sociological Perspective A Definition of sociological perspective understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context B Sociology the study of human behavior and society II Karl Marx founding father of sociology A Marx s 4 Types of Alienation product alienation activity alienation species alienation social alienation B Product Alienation Workers alienated from the product of their labor spend days making products but don t own the products C Activity Alienation Workers alienated from their everyday activities doing the work for someone else D Species Alienation Workers alienated from their own essential nature Alienated from the dream you want to accomplish to grow as a species E Social Alienation Workers alienated from each other separated from each other III Class conflict capitalist must exploit workers in order to survive in cut throat business environment workers must resist in order to not become dehumanized IV Conflict theory Inherent conflict between two classes of people inevitable powerstruggle between Proletariat and Bourgeoisie A Bourgeoisie the capitalist that do own the mean of production the money land factories and machines B Proletariat the exploited owners who do not own means of production V Emile Durkheim and Social Integration VI 2 forms of social integration mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity A Mechanical Solidarity social cohesion likeness of people in a given society shared rituals beliefs B Social cohesion prevents societies from disintegration through more cooperation kinship being more vital than individualism C Note More cooperation is replaced with something new that leads to new forms of mechanical solidarity D Organic Solidarity depends on each other like organs of a body depend on each other VII Max Weber and Capitalism A Protestant Ethic hard work leads to salvation B Verstenhen need to understand personal meanings of social phenomena understanding personal meanings These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute C Weber looked at the relationship between religion and labor and found because of the Protestant Reformation more Protestants would do good and work hard in order to gain salvation VIII Theoretical Perspectives in Contemporary Sociology IX Important People Emile Durkheim Robert Merton Talcott Parsons X Symbolic Interactions symbols things to which we attach meaning are the key to understanding how we view the world and communicate with one another XI Functionalism Robert K Merton s ideas that the image of society as a whole unit composed of parts that work together to produce social stability A Manifest functions intended action that help some part of the system with intended consequences B Latent functions not intended action with unintended consequences that help a system adjust C Social dysfunctions intended action with unintended consequences XII Conflict Theory A conflict central aspect of life B Inequality completion for resources XIII Split Horn Life of a Hmong Shaman in America 1 Where are the Hmong from 2 Who is the narrator 3 How does this film demonstrate the idea that people are shaped by the society in which they live 4 How does this film demonstrate the concept of mechanical solidarity XVI Answers to Split Horn 1 Small town in Southeast Asia 2 The youngest daughter of the Shaman healer spiritual leader from Appleton Wisconsin 3 When they lived in Southeast Asia they wore different clothes and practiced different rituals than those that Americans do Likewise in America people can date whoever they want but for the Hmongs it is rare to not date other Hmongs With this in mind the older son of the Hmong is dating a non Hmong woman His parents tells him to get married but he refuses One of the daughters was baptized and married into a Christian family 4 Coming to America the Shaman healer would keep his family close together through the use of his culture and religion