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- Society
- simply a rigid, fixed structure that limits what individuals do. * //But here's the tricky part...// One of t... es to the social whole. In the building metaphor, individuals live inside the building. It might limit how they... at the social system from the perspective of the individuals in it. But that's not the whole story. We also ha... chine as a functional whole, then we can see what individuals really do for society. They are its fuel. (Or, in
- Anthony Giddens
- tend to describe social change as a liberation of individuals from groups, traditions, religion and the power o... lexity creates more choices and opportunities for individuals. Modern societies place greater importance on the... own, of society. As society becomes more complex, individuals do gain more choices as rules and traditions became looser, but individuals, faced with uncertainty, come to trust new instit
- Emile Durkheim
- consciousness. Social facts impose themselves on individuals of a society, constraining them and shaping how t... ther way, like the thoughts of a collective mind. Individuals do not merely join or participate in a social sys... ive consciousness influences each individual, and individuals experience this collective consciousness as if it... her kinds of acts are treated as disputes between individuals and do not involve the society as a whole. As suc
- Religion and Economy
- It is through contact with the sacred, then, that individuals submit themselves to a collective order, and thus... ple functions simultaneously, and generally bound individuals to the collective. Actions thus expressed religio... ial forms embodied different kinds of meaning for individuals who participated in them. In Weber's sociology, r... behavior as a rational means-ends calculation of individuals. In contrast to this kind of rationality, Weber f
- Cultural contexts for global forces @2700:2021
- ocieties. * To the claim that all people act as individuals who seek to rationally maximize the utility of th... he synchronic, holist //logos// is the claim that individuals have agency.) ===== Old and new ===== Things ch... nherited from the past; new things are created by individuals who want to create them. * This is a bias refle
- The charisma of the coronavirus
- g people always do what is best for themselves as individuals. Weber says that the most significant kind of rat... s peaked, we now move to a new framework in which individuals are responsible for managing their own personal r... bureaucratic management of the pandemic only sees individuals, it needs to see communities. In this community,
- Reciprocity
- ral instinct to pursue their own self-interest as individuals and seek out others who have what they need. Rath... bit shady. Because Westerners tend to assume that individuals always make their own decisions according to thei
- In search of prosperity @1002:2018
- ieties tend to teach members to see themselves as individuals. This has come into our discussion in several way... ial relationships * God cares for human beings as individuals, not groups or as members of society ## The Urap
- Difference
- y of these differences are random and specific to individuals, and even if they are not really random, they are... re will always be a fuzziness to them in specific individuals' cases. Many social sciences are interested in
- The savage slot @2700:2021
- ut of the reach of any deliberate interference by individuals” (Saussure 1986, 19). * The linguistic anal... sification makes it possible for people to act as individuals, because it makes it possible for other people to
- Why do so many, perhaps all, cultures have religions? @2667
- e on society ## * In order for society to exist, individuals must act, and patterns of action must develop. *... looks at society from the ground up, and asks how individuals fit into social systems. * Weber: "methodological
- Max Weber
- , embodiments of the meaningful social actions of individuals and groups. ## The four types of social action #... people start to work toward collective goals, and individuals make choices by weighing the costs versus the ben
- City air makes you free @1002:2018
- s been.' Modern societies allow more freedom for individuals to make choices. Modern societies are based on agreements between individuals. Weber says that modern societies are **more rat
- Putting it all together @1002:2018
- al forces are real.** Social forces determine how individuals think, act and cooperate with each other. To unde
- Anthropologists are people studying people @1001:2020
- not cross-culturally universal. In some cultures, individuals are not free to decide for themselves whether or
