The sociological study of suicide
... • Secondary clues include information coroners get about the deceased state of mind and life history, often obtained from relatives who may attempt to influence the coroners verdict • Atkinson argued that like the rest of us coroners have common sense assumptions about the causes of suicide, and if ...
... • Secondary clues include information coroners get about the deceased state of mind and life history, often obtained from relatives who may attempt to influence the coroners verdict • Atkinson argued that like the rest of us coroners have common sense assumptions about the causes of suicide, and if ...
THE ELEMENTARY FORMS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE: DISCURSIVE
... which a political, a legal, moral, economic, or religious institution, belief and so on, was established, what causes gave rise to it, and to what useful ends it responds. […] In effect, to understand an institution, one must know of what it is made. It is a complex whole, comprised of parts; one mu ...
... which a political, a legal, moral, economic, or religious institution, belief and so on, was established, what causes gave rise to it, and to what useful ends it responds. […] In effect, to understand an institution, one must know of what it is made. It is a complex whole, comprised of parts; one mu ...
Törnberg, Petter - Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
... This thesis engages with questions on the boundary between what has traditionally been understood as social and natural. The introductory essay contextualizes the specific contributions of the included papers, by noting and exploring a reinvigoration of “naturalism” (the notion of a continuity betwe ...
... This thesis engages with questions on the boundary between what has traditionally been understood as social and natural. The introductory essay contextualizes the specific contributions of the included papers, by noting and exploring a reinvigoration of “naturalism” (the notion of a continuity betwe ...
Deducing natural necessity from the possibility of intersubjectivity
... The following paper considers the suggestion that natural necessity is implied in the possibility of purposive activity, in the integrity of effort and error. It does so by examining two major sociological theories of action – Habermas’ theory of communicative action and Luhmann’s systems theory. Ne ...
... The following paper considers the suggestion that natural necessity is implied in the possibility of purposive activity, in the integrity of effort and error. It does so by examining two major sociological theories of action – Habermas’ theory of communicative action and Luhmann’s systems theory. Ne ...
Social Capital: Prospects for a New Concept
... In contrast to this view of social capital as a resource located in the external linkages of a focal actor, bonding views focus on collective actors' internal characteristics. On these views, the social capital of a collectivity (organization, community, nation, and so forth) is not so much in that ...
... In contrast to this view of social capital as a resource located in the external linkages of a focal actor, bonding views focus on collective actors' internal characteristics. On these views, the social capital of a collectivity (organization, community, nation, and so forth) is not so much in that ...
Geographies of friendships - National University of Singapore
... meanings attached to friendship moreover take on different connotations in different contexts and cannot simply be read off from a western centre or from adult centred accounts. Third, friendship is a form of intimacy that appears increasingly important in our urbanizing, mobile and interconnected ...
... meanings attached to friendship moreover take on different connotations in different contexts and cannot simply be read off from a western centre or from adult centred accounts. Third, friendship is a form of intimacy that appears increasingly important in our urbanizing, mobile and interconnected ...
Sociology of the Future
... assessment, which often has a future-oriented gaze. As an interdisciplinary study that has appeared over the last three decades, STS maintains methodological promiscuity and divergent theoretical stances yet nonetheless is bound by some basic tenets that prime it well to approach anticipation, visio ...
... assessment, which often has a future-oriented gaze. As an interdisciplinary study that has appeared over the last three decades, STS maintains methodological promiscuity and divergent theoretical stances yet nonetheless is bound by some basic tenets that prime it well to approach anticipation, visio ...
Chapter 3 - roar@UEL
... The origin of Husserl’s phenomenology had been a rejection of psychologism and a desire to make the analysis of logic itself the basis of a science of thought. Husserl’s early transcendental phenomenology can be seen to have been an extension from Kant’s transcendental idealism in opposition to the ...
... The origin of Husserl’s phenomenology had been a rejection of psychologism and a desire to make the analysis of logic itself the basis of a science of thought. Husserl’s early transcendental phenomenology can be seen to have been an extension from Kant’s transcendental idealism in opposition to the ...
Social solidarities: the search for solidarity in
... As Stjerno argues “the phenomenon of group loyalty and sharing resources existed long before the idea of solidarity developed” and “the term was in general use before its modern meaning had ...
... As Stjerno argues “the phenomenon of group loyalty and sharing resources existed long before the idea of solidarity developed” and “the term was in general use before its modern meaning had ...
Social Darwinism in Anglophone Academic
... Science when he published a book arguing that the “negroes” were an inferior and doomed race. The American anthropologist Daniel Shute (1896, p. 127) exclaimed that “the Caucasian stands at the head of the racial scale and the Negro at the bottom.” But such propositions are neither contained in, nor ...
... Science when he published a book arguing that the “negroes” were an inferior and doomed race. The American anthropologist Daniel Shute (1896, p. 127) exclaimed that “the Caucasian stands at the head of the racial scale and the Negro at the bottom.” But such propositions are neither contained in, nor ...
Patrick Geddes: founder of environmental sociology
... common with the other classical sociologists, was concerned not only with an understanding of society and social change, but with social amelioration. His difficulty (or one of them) lay in getting people to understand his vision, which – though it differed only in certain respects from more convent ...
... common with the other classical sociologists, was concerned not only with an understanding of society and social change, but with social amelioration. His difficulty (or one of them) lay in getting people to understand his vision, which – though it differed only in certain respects from more convent ...
Social Chaosmos: Michel Serres and the emergence of social order
... social order. In this sense at least, attempts at a structural account of society have failed. 2 In opposition to such a structural perspective, other theorists have taken an interpretive perspective and argued, to varying degrees, that any sense of social order is effectively a construct formed in ...
... social order. In this sense at least, attempts at a structural account of society have failed. 2 In opposition to such a structural perspective, other theorists have taken an interpretive perspective and argued, to varying degrees, that any sense of social order is effectively a construct formed in ...
Sociology and You Chapter 4 - Socialization - Hatboro
... of learning the looking-glass self—a self-concept based on our idea of others’ judgments of us. How does the looking-glass process work? According to Cooley, we use other people as mirrors to reflect back what we imagine they think of us. In this view, the looking-glass self is the product of a thre ...
... of learning the looking-glass self—a self-concept based on our idea of others’ judgments of us. How does the looking-glass process work? According to Cooley, we use other people as mirrors to reflect back what we imagine they think of us. In this view, the looking-glass self is the product of a thre ...
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... 1) The concept that describes opening a window into unfamiliar worlds that allows us to understand human behavior by placing it within its broader social context is called ________. A) the sociological perspective (or imagination) B) social location C) social integration D) the social imperative Ans ...
... 1) The concept that describes opening a window into unfamiliar worlds that allows us to understand human behavior by placing it within its broader social context is called ________. A) the sociological perspective (or imagination) B) social location C) social integration D) the social imperative Ans ...
Sociology Department (SOC)
... environment, a social organization and a societal institution. Specific topics include classroom interaction, school social climate, social inequalities in the schools, and selected educational controversies. Offered Occasionally. +SOC 225 Cr.3 Racial and Ethnic Minorities This course offers a criti ...
... environment, a social organization and a societal institution. Specific topics include classroom interaction, school social climate, social inequalities in the schools, and selected educational controversies. Offered Occasionally. +SOC 225 Cr.3 Racial and Ethnic Minorities This course offers a criti ...
- Wiley Online Library
... been unfairly discounted. We suggest that the depreciation of Merton’s ideas is partly due to his own inconsistent use of certain terms in his writings over the past half-century. Moreover, it does not help that his work in this area remains unfinished. In particular, we argue that in his contributi ...
... been unfairly discounted. We suggest that the depreciation of Merton’s ideas is partly due to his own inconsistent use of certain terms in his writings over the past half-century. Moreover, it does not help that his work in this area remains unfinished. In particular, we argue that in his contributi ...
Can practice theory inspire studies on ICTs in everyday life?
... of certain key terms where practice theory differs from other cultural theories. We do not summarize this discussion, but use it as the basis for a closer inspection of the practice concept. Reading Reckwitz’ paper we were first puzzled about his list of terms where he seems to deal with more or les ...
... of certain key terms where practice theory differs from other cultural theories. We do not summarize this discussion, but use it as the basis for a closer inspection of the practice concept. Reading Reckwitz’ paper we were first puzzled about his list of terms where he seems to deal with more or les ...
Attitudes, Values and Culture: Qualitative Approaches to
... analysis of attitudes or, worse still, treat values as ‘given’ and somehow external to our analysis. In doing so, we would obscure the complexity of the interactions between cultural values, attitudes and the practices that constitute any given lifestyle. This paper addresses some of the ways in whi ...
... analysis of attitudes or, worse still, treat values as ‘given’ and somehow external to our analysis. In doing so, we would obscure the complexity of the interactions between cultural values, attitudes and the practices that constitute any given lifestyle. This paper addresses some of the ways in whi ...
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... 1) The concept that describes opening a window into unfamiliar worlds that allows us to understand human behavior by placing it within its broader social context is called ________. A) the sociological perspective (or imagination) B) social location C) social integration D) the social imperative Ans ...
... 1) The concept that describes opening a window into unfamiliar worlds that allows us to understand human behavior by placing it within its broader social context is called ________. A) the sociological perspective (or imagination) B) social location C) social integration D) the social imperative Ans ...
PDF of this page - Sam Houston State University
... examinations of the cultural, economic, political and structural factors (i.e., gender, race, etc.) which form salient aspects of today?s sport activities at various levels. Focus is placed on the characteristics of sports and how these characteristics both reflect and have impact upon the social cl ...
... examinations of the cultural, economic, political and structural factors (i.e., gender, race, etc.) which form salient aspects of today?s sport activities at various levels. Focus is placed on the characteristics of sports and how these characteristics both reflect and have impact upon the social cl ...
Social dominance theory and the dynamics of intergroup relations
... power than other groups. Members of dominant social groups tend to enjoy a disproportionate share of positive social value, or desirable material and symbolic resources such as political power, wealth, protection by force, plentiful and desirable food, and access to good housing, health care, leisur ...
... power than other groups. Members of dominant social groups tend to enjoy a disproportionate share of positive social value, or desirable material and symbolic resources such as political power, wealth, protection by force, plentiful and desirable food, and access to good housing, health care, leisur ...