Seeing Sociology Module 1.4 Vocabulary Flashcards
Owners of the means of production
Bourgeoisie
An antagonism growing out of the opposing interest held by exploiting and exploited classes
Class Conflict
A barrier supported by customs and laws separating nonwhites from whites (especially with regard to the division of labor)
Color Line
The major force that drives social change
Conflict
A great spiritual void accompanied by a crisis of meaning in which the natural world becomes less mysterious and revered and becomes the object of human control and manipulation
Disenchantment
Resources like land, tools, labor, that are essential to the production and distribution of goods and services
Means of Production
System of social ties based on uniform think and behavior
Mechanical Solidarity
System of social ties such that for the most part people relate to others in terms of their specialized roles in the division of labor and as customers
Organic Solidarity
That valid knowledge about the world can be derived only from using the scientific method
Positivism
Individuals who must sell their labor to the bourgeoisie
Proletariat
Actions people take in response to others (with emphasis on the forces that motivate people to act)
Social Action
Forces that cause societies to change
Social Dynamics
Forces that hold society together and give them endurance over time
Social Statics
System of social ties that acts as a cement bonding people to one another and to the wider society
Solidarity
Firsthand knowledge gained by living and working among those being studied, because knowing others increases empathy
Sympathetic Knowledge
