Posted: May 24th, 2017
What is the Thomas principle and what are its implications for reality construction?
What is the Thomas principle and what are its implications for reality construction?3. ?4. 5. Why is the social construction of reality not an equal opportunity process? Whose realityrules?6. 7.II. Readings discussed in lectureA. “What Makes Sociology Different,” by Emile Durheim1. 4. What is the difference between social facts and social currents?5. The concept of “social fact” can make it seem as if society is some sort of omnipotentirresistible monsters commanding obedience. Why is this a misleading understanding of socialfacts.B. “The Promise,” by C. Wright Mills1.What is the problem? Why does Mills believe that people are feeling increasingly trapped bymodern life, and how are they responding to their helplessness? Examples?2. What is the promise? Why is more information unnecessary to fulfill the promise?3. Mills states, “Perhaps the most fruitful distinction with which the sociological imaginationworks is between the ‘personal troubles of milieu’ and the ‘public issues of social structure.'”Explain.4. What particular examples does Mills use to illustrate the intersection between personaltroubles and public issues? Can you think of other contemporary social patterns that can beformulated in this way?5. What did Mills mean by the statement “ours is a time of uneasiness and indifference?”
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