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Sociological classics and cultures

Sociological classics and cultures. Beata Bellandio vá Zuzana Barboríková. Goal :. Present several sociologists and their theories about cultures , mass media , metropolis and people . . Sociology.

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Sociological classics and cultures

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  1. Sociological classics and cultures BeataBellandiová Zuzana Barboríková

  2. Goal: • Presentseveralsociologistsand theirtheoriesaboutcultures , massmedia, metropolis and people.

  3. Sociology • Sociology is the scientific study of society. It is a social science which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity.

  4. Culture • Can mean the cultivation associated with “civilized” habits of mind. • Creative products associated with the arts, or the entire way of life associated with a group. • Among sociologists, “culture” refers to the beliefs that people hold about reality, the norms that guide their behavior, the values that orient their moral commitments, or the symbols through which these beliefs, norms, and values are communicated.

  5. GeorgSimmel • One of the first generation of German sociologists. • TheMetropolis and MentalLife (1903) • Blaséattitude

  6. TheMetropolis and MentalLife • ,,The deepest problems of modern life flow from the attempt of the individual to maintain the independence and individuality of his existence against the sovereign powers of society, against the weight of the historical heritage and the external culture and technique of life“.

  7. Blaséattitude • Lack of emotions • Life is more intellectual • People are enslaved to time • Quantity over quality • „Blasé" – boring, superficiality, grayness, indifference and alienation

  8. On the other hand, Simmel describes the metropolis as a place of liberation from the binding mentality of the small community, thus granting the individual more space and freedom to independently define himself.

  9. Max Horkheimer and TheodorAdorno • Keymembersof Frankfurt school • TheCultureIndustry: EnlightenmentasMassDeception • Influenced by Karl Marx

  10. The Culture Industry is characterized by three specific ideas: Monopoly, Mass Production, and Technology. • This industry is unique in that it does not reflect economic processes and essentially becomes homogenous thus, variation is meaningless. • Films, radio and magazines make up a system which is uniform as a whole and in every part

  11. EdwardShills • Center and Periphery • Central zone in the structure of society • Every society has an ,,official“ religion

  12. 3 centralaspects • centralvaluesystem • institutions that are the realm of action and exercise authority • elites that are equated with authority

  13. RaymondWilliams • Base and Superstructure • Meaning and values are determined by some more objectivematerial reality.

  14. CliffordGeertz • ThickDescription: Toward and InterpretiveTheoryofCulture • Influenced by Gilbert Ryle • Winksuponwinksuponwinks

  15. Objectofethnography • Differencebetween ,,thindescription“ and ,,thickdescription“

  16. PierreBourdieu • Extended the idea of capital to 3 categories • Socialspace

  17. Thankyouforyourattention! Have a niceday

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