A. Overview
B. Definition of Sociology
--------Definition of Sociology
C. Selected Sociological Concepts
--------Bracketing
--------Critical
--------Radical
--------Presupposing
--------Empathy
--------Epistemology and Logic
II. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE/IMAGINATION/CONSCIOUSNESS
A. Sociology as a Humanistic Discipline
--------Berger 8 Outline
--------Self-Consciouness
--------Ignorance
--------Problems with the Sociological Perspective (Begins in "Section 3")
B. Sociology as an Individual Pastime
--------Berger 1 Outline
--------Obvious
C. Social Structure
--------Social Structure
D. Assumptions of the Sociological Perspective
--------Assumptions of the Sociological Perspective
--------Social Act/Relation/Situation
--------Synergism
E. The "Promise" of the Sociological Imagination
--------Mills Room
--------Notes from The Sociological Imagination
F. Levels of Reality
--------Levels of Reality
G. Sociological Imagination Questions
--------Mills' Sociological Imagination Questions
H. Sociology as a Form of Consciousness
--------Berger 2 Outline
I. Paradigms
--------Paradigms
--------Paradigms (Article by Adam Smith)
J. Motifs of Sociological Consciousness (in Berger 2 Outline)
K. Sociological Theory
--------Organicism
--------Sociological Meta-Theories
--------Sociological Paradigms
--------Sociological Theoretical Perspectives
L. Sociological Theorists
--------Durkheim the Person
--------Durkheim...his Work
--------Durkheim...Anomie
--------Weber...links
--------Weber: What is Social Action?
--------Marx's Biographical Sketch
--------Marx's Humanist Radicalism
III. SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
A. Common Sense
--------Is Sociology Common Sense?
--------Common Sense Sayings Matching Quiz
B. General Issues in Science and Research Methods
--------General Issues in Science & Research Methods
C. Research Methods
--------Research Methods: Activities We Already Do
--------Method's Chart
D. Epistemology and Logic Systems
--------Logic Systems
--------Effects of Logic System on Everyday Life
IV. MAN IN SOCIETY (SOCIETY AS A PRISON) Berger 4 Outline
A. Social Location of Self
--------Culture: An Outline
--------No Contest: A Case Against Competition
--------Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
B. Social Control
--------Berger's Mechanisms of Social Control
C. Social Stratification
--------Classes...by Alexander Liazos
--------Marxist Class Structure
--------Types of Societies
D. Definition of the Situation
--------Definition of the Situation
E. Institutions
--------Institutions
V. SOCIETY IN MAN (SOCIETY AS A PUPPET THEATER) Berger 5 Outline
A. Role Theory
--------Mills' Structural Model of Society
--------Gender Role Allocation
--------Looking Glass Self
--------TST and Guidelines
B. Socialization/Internalization (Significance of Role Theory)
C. Sociology of Knowledge
--------Ideology/Ideological
D. Reference Group Theory
VI. SOCIETY AS DRAMA Berger 6 Outline
A. Agency in Conditions
B. Paradox of Social Existence
C. Bad Faith
D. Social Individuality and Social Knowledgability
E. Authentic Freedom
VII. SOCIAL CHANGE
A. Comparative Characteristics of Change Theories
B. Pre-Political and Political Thought
D. The Future is Now
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