Download Name of Perspective Scope View of Society View of Culture Key

Name of
Perspective
Scope
View of Society
Functionalism
Macro
Society is one large
system and all of the
parts work together
to help it function.
View of Culture
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Conflict
Macro
Society is shaped by
power and inequality
and is marked by
conflict between
groups with different
access to power and
resources.
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Symbolic
Interaction
Micro
Society is the
product of
interaction; people
create meaning,
patterns and social
structures at the
level of interaction.
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Common culture
promotes unity and
social solidarity
Subcultures allow
for diversity to
exist within the
common culture
Countercultures
force change and
innovation
Dominant culture is
the culture of the
dominant group.
Dominant ideology:
a set of ideas,
practices and
values that promote
power for the
dominant group
“Common culture”
emerges through
the oppression of
other cultures
Culture emerges
through social
interaction
Key Terms
Major proponents
-Social Solidarity
-Functions
-Dysfunctions
Emile Durkheim
Inequality
Karl Marx
Interaction and
symbols
Erving Goffman