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DSoc 1101
Why Take Sociology 101?
Sociology
What is Sociology?
Formal definition
Content
Illustration
Comparison/Opposit
ion
Vs natural
Readings
Read
1. Invitation to Sociology (PL Berger)
Study societies
Study people
(Illustrations/Examples)
Important/
Macro
Trivial/ micro
Sitting Patterns in
DSoc 1101
(Illustrations/Examples)
What is Sociology? (Comparison
I)
Natural Sciences vs Social Sciences:
Psychology
(1890)
Sociology
Economics
(1838)
(1767) 1900
1800
BiologyChemistry
1700
(1735) (1778)
1600Geology Statistics
1500 (1669) (1763)
MATHS (4th BC) 1400
Physics 1300
(1021) 1200
1100
Medicine
(1025) Social Physics A. Comte (1798-1857)
Why did Sociology Come Late?
Difficult?
Unruly subjects
Objectivity
Ethics
Icky?
# Free will
# religion and fate
What is Sociology? (Comparison
II)
Other Social Sciences:
Economics
Anthropology
Psychology
Queen of social
sciences?
Political science
History
Demography
Comparison Among Social
Sciences (Criteria)