With the exception of Durkheim and functionalism, this because his theory is focused on culture at a grand scale, the second unit emphasizes those ideas covered by microsociology and those sociologists interested in the more subjective, interactional, and cultural side of the human experience.
The first unit (1) introduces the discipline of sociology, defined as the scientific study of human social life, which encompasses both objective (structure, relations, interactions) and subjective (beliefs, meaning, values) features of the human experience; and (2) overviews perspectives and methods sociologists use in studying social life. With the exception of Durkheim and functionalism, this … Read more