Name: Sociology is against Common sense: Andre Beteille
Uploaded: 2022-01-13
Duration: 25 min 33 s
Description: Sociology is against Common sense: Andre Beteille.

Sociology is against Common sense: Andre Beteille. 

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Sociology is against Common sense:   Andre  Beteille

“An important contribution of sociology has been to show that common sense is in fact highly variable, subject to the constraints of time and place as well as other, more specifically social constraints ” Durkheim’s study of suicide: against common sense understanding of suicide Not about caste, class, religion, community but  interconnections  between them. Things are not as they seem… Max Weber on the connection between religious values and economic  behaviour — Protestant Ethics and the spirit of Capitalism

What is sociological knowledge?. M N Srinivas “Book View” vs. “Field View”. 

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M N  Srinivas  “Book View” vs. “Field View”

Sociology is…. Anti-utopian as well as anti-fatalistic General and not localized Sociology does not dictate moral choices but lays out the alternatives available. 

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Anti-utopian as well as anti-fatalistic General and not localized Sociology does not dictate moral choices but lays out the alternatives available

Individual and Society: we live in society and society lives in us. 

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Individual and Society: we live in society and society lives in us

Different roles that we play… First collect the facts and then try to see the connections between them: women and property Not to focus on social problems but characteristics of the society/social institution in question What is the difference between a social problem and a sociological problem?

Linking the personal with the larger processes. The Ritual of Coffee: Personal routine Organizational routine Way of socializing. 

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Linking the personal with the larger processes

The Ritual of Coffee: Personal routine Organizational routine Way of socializing

Coffee has a social life!. Grown in underdeveloped countries and consumed in developed ones Coffee consumption is tied with the history of colonization (South America and Africa) Coffee occupies a place in the contemporary debates on Globalization, international trade, human rights and environmental degradation Consumer activism: Organic, eco-labelled or fair-trade product. 

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Grown in underdeveloped countries and consumed in developed ones Coffee consumption is tied with the history of colonization (South America and Africa) Coffee occupies a place in the contemporary debates on  Globalization, international trade, human rights and environmental degradation Consumer activism: Organic, eco-labelled or fair-trade product

Sociological understanding. Peter Berger: An Invitation to Sociology Andre Beteille: Sociology and Common-sense Anthony Giddens: Sociology (The section on coffee in Chapter 1). 

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Peter Berger: An Invitation to Sociology Andre Beteille: Sociology and Common-sense Anthony Giddens: Sociology (The section on coffee in Chapter 1)

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