SOCI WEEK 2 – Lecture notes 2 Essay.
 

○ “Capitalism is a fair and justice world where everyone gets what they deserve”
○ We only believe it is fair because people are telling us it is fair
● Classism: naturalizing of class differences as cultural
○ These people are poor because they are individually deficiant → not as smart not
as hard working
○ Ex; honey boo boo show. SOCI WEEK 2 – Lecture notes 2 Essay.
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Max Weber
● German thinker
● Came after marxe and was influenced by him and durkheim
● Yet had a very different approach from durkheim
● Instead of measuring what people do we need to understand how people interpret their
own social worlds
● Gave rise to interpretive sociology
● We don’t just do things we reflect on them and have feelings
● Verstehen : to understand
○ To understand and interpret. SOCI WEEK 2 – Lecture notes 2 Essay.

● To understand a phenomenon
○ Observation
○ Explanation
● Explanatory understanding
○ Observe an observation
○ Mass social phenomonan
○ Based on understanding of ideal types

Ideal Types
● Unit of analysis
○ Make sense of how people develop ideal types to interpret their world
● Ideals = quintessential
● Analytic tools designed to aid in the analysis of complicated social life
● They are abstractions
● Not intended to correspond directly to lived experiences
● Examples
○ Birth age, high school groups, types of musicians, sports players

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○ “Capitalism is a fair and justice world where everyone gets what they deserve”
○ We only believe it is fair because people are telling us it is fair
● Classism: naturalizing of class differences as cultural
○ These people are poor because they are individually deficiant → not as smart not
as hard working
○ Ex; honey boo boo show

Max Weber
● German thinker
● Came after marxe and was influenced by him and durkheim
● Yet had a very different approach from durkheim
● Instead of measuring what people do we need to understand how people interpret their
own social worlds
● Gave rise to interpretive sociology
● We don’t just do things we reflect on them and have feelings
● Verstehen : to understand
○ To understand and interpret

● To understand a phenomenon
○ Observation
○ Explanation
● Explanatory understanding
○ Observe an observation
○ Mass social phenomonan
○ Based on understanding of ideal types
SOCI WEEK 2 – Lecture notes 2 Essay.
Ideal Types
● Unit of analysis
○ Make sense of how people develop ideal types to interpret their world
● Ideals = quintessential
● Analytic tools designed to aid in the analysis of complicated social life
● They are abstractions
● Not intended to correspond directly to lived experiences
● Examples
○ Birth age, high school groups, types of musicians, sports players
SOCI WEEK 2 – Lecture notes 2 Essay.

*** DOWNLOAD ASSIGNMENT
– Make a portfolio for the class
– Use this assignment to make sense of life situations through sociology
SOCI WEEK 2 – Lecture notes 2 Essay.