Explain how the vignette related by Pfohl about the reporter’s question illustrates the way sociological thinking is different than normal every-day attempts to explain human social behaviour. This is what C.Wright Mills called the sociological imagination. Explain.
What are the theoretical and practical roots of the critical perspectives in sociology? Why do these roots demand critical self reflectivity? Explain
Why are power and knowledge inherently linked for Marxist theorists?
What do we mean when we say power in the context of this text and this course? Based on what you have read thus far, can you take an educated guess at what we might mean if we said “Structural Violence”? Explain.
How is knowledge linked to power? How can it both amplify and subvert power? Explain.
What are the cognitive, moral, and bodily knowledges? What do they have to do with our exploration of deviance?
Explain the following concepts as they are used in understanding deviance:
Historical Materiality
Symbolic Social Controls
Hegemonic Ritual Interactions
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