WK 1 Chap 1 On being sociological Flashcards
3 tasks of sociologist according to Immanuel wallerstein
Scholarly. moral and political task
Scholarly task
critically scrutinising reality
Moral task
determining which values are now most important
Political task
helping the world out of its current crises into a different world system that would be appreciably better rather than worse
Relationships can be…
mutually beneficial, exploitative or neutral
3 sociological approaches to utopia as a method
Archaeological, ontological and architectural mode
Archaeological mode
extracting ideas of the good society from political doctrines, social and economic policies
Ontological mode
looking at what types of people societies promote an enable. what types of human flourishing are and are not permitted within it’s prevailing social structures
Architectural mode
imagining better future worlds and what they may be like for those who would live in them
To be a sociologist is to be
reflexive, critical, empirical, radical, relevant, justice-orientated, powerful and democratic
Life chances
the likelihood of a person having (or failing to have) access to opportunities or experiencing difficulties in society
Figurations
networks of mutual dependency
Colony
a city, region or country that is controlled by another
Sociological imagination
the ability to trace the links between biography and history
Utopian
imagined societies that are improvements upon what we already have. sociologist have practical suggestions for how to build these better worlds
