2. Something Abstract Something Philosophical Something Complicated Something Irrelevant Something Obsolete Something Very Boring

3. Interestingly we are very use to “THEORIES” in our daily lives and continuously Constructing Re-constructing De-Constructing “THEORIES” on daily basis. “THEORIES” are the integral part of our lives.

5. Conscious Systematic Organized Rational Logical

6. Based on Experience Based on Facts Based on Data Based on Observation

9. MACRO THEORIES Operates on societal level MIDRANGE THEORIES Deal general aspects of social behavior MICRO THEORIES Deal specific aspects of social behavior

11. FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE INTERACTION PERSPECTIVE POST MODERN PERSPECTIVE FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE

12. FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE Society is a complex system of different parts Parts are interrelated and interdependent There is stability and equilibrium between different parts There is consensus of the main values Change is generally disruptive and gradual Macro theory

13. August Comte (1798-1857) The Founding Father, Positivism Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) The Social Darwinist Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) Division of labor, Suicide

14. CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE In every society there is struggle for resources and power Some groups prosper at the expense of others Conflict is universal Inequality is widespread Change is inevitable, often beneficial and can be violent Macro theory

15. KEY THINKERS Karl Marx (1818-1883) Social class, Dialectical materialism C. Wright Mills (1916-1962) Power elite, Sociological imagination Ralf Dahrendorf ( 1929- ) Class conflict

16. INTERACTION PERSPECTIVE Society is the product of interactions of individual and small groups Interaction is facilitated through shared symbols, gestures and nonverbal communications Humans are social animals and require interaction The reality is constructed through interaction Macro Theory

17. George Herbert Mead (1880-1949) “I” & “me”, role taking, significant other Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) Looking Glass Self Erving Goffman (1922-1982) Dramaturgical approach

18. POST MODERN PERSPECTIVE All worldviews are mediated by language The dominant language of society is the language of the rich and powerful All knowledge is socially constructed Art, literature, architecture, politics and society are beyond reason There is no one Truth Macro theory

19. KEY THINKERS Michel Foucault (1926-1984) Social construction of knowledge, deconstruction

20. FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE Women are very important part of society Women are historically subordinate to men Sexism is the ultimate tool to oppress women Structural changes needed for gender equality Macro theory

21. FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE Liberal Feminism Marxist Feminism Radical Feminism Socialist Feminism Postmodern Feminism

22. KEY THINKERS Dorothy E. Smith Sandra Harding Patricia Hill Collins Joan Jacob Brumberg

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