Module 12 - Social Change in Context

Social Change

Study of how society changes overtime through human interactions, relationships, and institutions

Rapid Social Change

Study of social change in a rapid time-frame through breakthroughs, revolutions, or social movements

Change Consistencies

Direction (+/-), volume (big/small), impacts/effects (Who/what's been affected)

Modernism

What's modern/new will be better than the replacement, viewing society as a straight path through survival of the fittest.

Conservatism

Belief that change isn't always for the best, that its more important to make sure some values and customs are preserved

Cycle of Civilization

Belief that civilizations rise and fall in a predictable cycle

Slippery Slope Argument

Claim that one small social change will lead to a massive negative consequence

Oppositions to Globalization

Particularist, Universalists Protectionists

Postmodernism

Relation to universal truth and narration about society from people being studied instead of the researchers studying them.

Virtual Class

People whose power/wealth come from virtualizing the world by conceiving the loss of jobs for others, limiting access of info on the web, and restricting freedom of creativity and promoting "value of pattern-maintenance"

Evolution

Model of social change in which change is seen as an adaptation to a set of circumstances; Survival of the best fit

Fashion

Model of social change that promotes change for its own sake; doesn't always reflect improvement, just for its own sake