Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Social Theory: An Introduction
- Macro-Sociological (Quantitative)
- Structural Functionalism
- Society is unified as a whole, that
functions because of the contributions
of it's separate functions
- (Human Body Analogy)
- Emile Durkheim: 1838-1917
- 'Ordered System'
- Even dsyfunction/disorder creates
new forms of social cohesion
- Conflict Theory
- Societies inequalities is a principle
cause of conflict in society
- Emphasising a materialistic approach
- "Karl Marx"
- Present time; Conflict theory perspective has
expanded to explore things such as; Race,
Culture, Mass-Media, etc
- Micro-Sociological (Qualitative)
- Symbolic Interactionism
- Asserts that interaction and meaning are central to society and assumes
that meanings are not inherent but are created through interaction
- "Max Weber"
- Individuals are going to act based
on their perspective of themselves
- Post-Modernism (Society Now)
- Claims that society id going through an
Epochal Shift beyond modernity
- Suggests that society reality is diverse,
pluralistic and constantly in flux.
- Began in the 18th Century - Values specific knowledge