CHAPTER ONE - THINKING SOCIOLOGY

The Case of Adina Abdelhaq - What makes people do the things they do?

I. SOCIOLOGY EVERYWHERE

A. Definition of Sociology

B. Characteristics

1. Unbiased

2. Systematic & Scientific (Common Sense vs. Science)

3. Behavior beyond the individual

C. Levels of Orientation

1. Macro - Big Picture

2. Micro - Direct Interaction of Individuals

D. Who is A Sociologist?

E. Divergence of Sociological Thought

1. Sociology - Precision and Absolute

2. Belief System

3. "Threatens" Emotions (on a positive note will cause us to question previously held notions)

II. HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY

A. New Industrial Economy

B. Migration of Families, and

C. New Political Ideals

D. Ancient Thinkers - Socrates, Plato, Confucius, Aristotle, Marcus Auerilius, Aquinas, & Shakespeare

III. EVOLUTION

A. Auguste Comte

B. Herbert Spencer

C. Karl Marx

D. Emile Durkheim

E. Max Weber

F. Unsung Heroes - Harriet Martineau, Ida B. Wells, Jane Adams, & W.E.B. DuBois

G. Contemporary Sociologists (20th Century)

1.George Herbert Meade

2.Charles Horton Cooley,

3. Robert K. Merton,

4. Talcott Parsons

5. Robert Bales

6. C. Wright Mills

7. Edwin Sutherland

8. Ferdinand Tonnies

9. Edwin Lemert, etc.

IV. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

A. Structural-Functional

(COMTE, SPENCER, DURKHEIM, PARSONS. BALES, MERTON)

B. Social Conflict

(MARX, ENGELS, C.WRIGHT MILLS, W.E.B. DUBOIS)

(FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE)

C. Symbolic-Interaction

(WILLIAM JAMES, MAX WEBER, GEORGE HERBERT MEADE)

D. Criticisms

E. SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION - C. Wright Mills

V. Which Perspective?