Making the familiar strange
Sociological Competence
Study of human society
Lack of sociologists in pop culture
Uses scientific method
Has overlap with other disciplines
Why is Sociology unique?
Parsons:
Emile Durkheim:
C. Wright Mills
Sociological imagination in practice
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Facilitates more active and effective participation in the world around us
False Consciousness
American Dream
Pierre Bourdieu
Tree Vs. Forest
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WEB Dubois
Conley’s Definition of culture:
Ethnocentrism
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