SOCIOLOGY’ S WINNING TRIFECTA Suffolk University社会学的获奖连胜萨福克大学.pptVIP

we have seen that objects help people Using objects helps individuals Using objects aggregates people into whole generations Object-using generations put their stamp on society What we have seen is sociological Santa Shoes Music and neighborhoods New generations with their own culture, priorities, and aesthetic The work of the theorist The job of a sociological theorist is to bring together the trio of components we have seen… People Objects and Society This process of bringing together the pieces of sociology is called “conceptualization.” How much of modern life see as sociological? Seeing things sociologically means starting with objects Objects link people dynamically – in changing ways. This is not fixed like law or institutional mission. Objects attract people freely – it’s not limited by lack of money or economic inequality. Objects connect people socially. Objects show us society and not just what is happening in the various regions of a person’s own brain. Society in each generation has a winning shape There is only one configuration of American society in each generation. This is the world each generation creates; it’s the mainstream of what exists in each decade. People in each generation are prepared to fit into their world. They do things differently from older generations. People understand how their own generation wants to do things. People and society are matched up; new generations of people fit into a changed society. conclusions The trifecta: A winning sociological model The work of social theorists is to discover how the pieces of sociology come together in their own generation. How do people, using their new objects, create the society of their generation? People, objects and society all fit together. The details of how this happens is the challenge to be discovered. The work of the sociologist is never done It’s an exciting time to be a sociological theorist because a new picture of society emerges in each generation. What is new,