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SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY. COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THEORY?. Something Abstract Something Philosophical Something Complicated Something Irrelevant Something Obsolete Something Very Boring . Interestingly we are very use to “THEORIES” in our daily lives and continuously Constructing

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SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

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  1. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

  2. COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THEORY? Something Abstract Something Philosophical Something Complicated Something Irrelevant Something Obsolete Something Very Boring

  3. Interestingly we are very use to “THEORIES” in our daily lives and continuously • Constructing • Re-constructing • De-Constructing “THEORIES” on daily basis. “THEORIES” are the integral part of our lives.

  4. WHAT THEORY ACTUALLY IS?

  5. AN EXPLANATION Conscious Systematic Organized Rational Logical

  6. A PREDICTION Based on Experience Based on Facts Based on Data Based on Observation

  7. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

  8. A SET OF “INTERRELATED IDEAS” THAT ALLOW FOR THE “SYSTEMATIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE” OF THE “SOCIAL WORLD”

  9. RANGE OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES MACRO THEORIES Operates on societal level MIDRANGE THEORIES Deal general aspects of social behavior MICRO THEORIES Deal specific aspects of social behavior

  10. THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

  11. FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE • CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE • INTERACTION PERSPECTIVE • POST MODERN PERSPECTIVE • FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE

  12. FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE • Society is a complex system of different parts • Parts are interrelated and interdependent • There is stability and equilibrium between different parts • There is consensus of the main values • Change is generally disruptive and gradual • Macro theory

  13. KEY THINKERS August Comte (1798-1857) The Founding Father, Positivism Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) The Social Darwinist Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) Division of labor, Suicide

  14. CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE • In every society there is struggle for resources and power • Some groups prosper at the expense of others • Conflict is universal • Inequality is widespread • Change is inevitable, often beneficial and can be violent • Macro theory

  15. KEY THINKERS • Karl Marx (1818-1883) Social class, Dialectical materialism • C. Wright Mills (1916-1962) Power elite, Sociological imagination • Ralf Dahrendorf ( 1929- ) Class conflict

  16. INTERACTION PERSPECTIVE • Society is the product of interactions of individual and small groups • Interaction is facilitated through shared symbols, gestures and nonverbal communications • Humans are social animals and require interaction • The reality is constructed through interaction • Macro Theory

  17. KEY THINKERS George Herbert Mead (1880-1949) “I” & “me”, role taking, significant other Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) Looking Glass Self Erving Goffman (1922-1982) Dramaturgical approach

  18. POST MODERN PERSPECTIVE • All worldviews are mediated by language • The dominant language of society is the language of the rich and powerful • All knowledge is socially constructed • Art, literature, architecture, politics and society are beyond reason • There is no one Truth • Macro theory

  19. KEY THINKERS • Michel Foucault (1926-1984) Social construction of knowledge, deconstruction

  20. FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE • Women are very important part of society • Women are historically subordinate to men • Sexism is the ultimate tool to oppress women • Structural changes needed for gender equality • Macro theory

  21. FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE • Liberal Feminism • Marxist Feminism • Radical Feminism • Socialist Feminism • Postmodern Feminism

  22. KEY THINKERS • Dorothy E. Smith • Sandra Harding • Patricia Hill Collins • Joan Jacob Brumberg

  23. GOOD LUCK

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