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    Assignment No. 4 Sociological Concep

    3/8/2010

    Sociological concepts for the essay: Society fundamentally shapes individuals

    Presented to: Professor Darryl Ross Bridging course for Men, Carleton University

    Written by: Harold Sotomayor

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    Society fundamentally shapes individuals - and my life is proof

    Sociological concepts

    Wright MillssThe Sociological Imagination

    Process of linking individual experience with social institutions

    Ones place in history - in relation to others in society

    Connection of impersonal/remote historical forces to the incidents of an individuals life

    The ability to connect our own individual experiences with the workings of society

    Ability to distinguish personal troubles and public issues

    George H MeadsTheory of the Self

    Distinction between the Self and the Body

    Self arises only in social experience

    Self as something reflexive it can be both object and subject to itself

    There are many experiences to the Self without reference to the body

    The Self can only be observe as a standpoint of others

    Self is what is distinctive about human communication

    Development of the mind and self in childhood

    Me, I and generalized Other

    Erving GoffmansPresentation of the Self

    Face to face interaction people convey and receive information about each other

    Everyone attempts to influence how others perceive them

    Peoples ability to evaluate how honestly others present themselves

    Individuals have motives for trying to control the impressions they give and receive from others

    Nicholas Abercrombies -Ch. 2- Who do we think we are?

    Individuals do not worry too much about their identity

    Identity is socially constructed and socially negotiated

    Identity is wrapped up with a sense of belonging and Identity is a matter of difference

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    Anthony GiddenssFragmentation, Self and Society in the Late Modern Age

    Modernity fragments; it also unites.

    The individual ceases to be himself; he adopts the kind of personality offered to him by cultural

    patterns.

    The individual experiences feelings of powerlessness in relation to a diverse and large-scale

    social universe.

    Authority versus uncertainty In the domain of the self there are no determinant authorities.

    personalised versus commodified experience. Modernity opens up the project of the self, but

    under conditions strongly influenced by standardising effects of commodity capitalism.

    Other concepts of relevance

    Ronald Inglehart's PostmaterialismC G Jungs - Process of Individuation, The collective Unconscious and the Archetypes

    Various authors -The Effects and Influences of Technology on 21th Society

    Note: The above mentioned concepts are incomplete, further research will be undertaken before an outline for

    the requested essay is finalized.

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