Unfortunately,
this semester I have had to take SOCI 1101 – Introduction to Sociology.
Roughly halfway into the course, and it has been a lesson in
anti-Americanism, anti-religion, anti-tradition, and I have heard more
than one Christian say they enjoyed sociology. So I am starting a
series to debunk sociology starting at its core. I will do this from a
Biblical perspective, and from a logical perspective, because, frankly,
some of it just doesn’t make sense. There are three main theories to
sociology, and I will start with the theories. The Theories are:
The Functional Theory
This theory says that society and its institutions
have functions. If things are functioning everything is good, if things
are dysfunctional, things are bad. This is a “comparison theory”
everything is compared. This theory also says that if something is
dysfunctional, it does not exist.
The Conflict Theory
This theory came from Karl Marx, so its communist
tones are expected. The theory says that conflict (dynamics) comes from
class conflict. He is very specific about class conflict. It is
conflict between the wealthy upper class, or capitalists (bourgeoisie)
and the lower class, or poor (proletariat) over wealth. This theory is
all about money, only about money, and attributes everything to war
over money, and is the main component of sociology. Don’t believe me?
Ask my professor. He said that most sociologists are Marxists.
The Symbolic Interactionist Theory
This theory has three theories within it, and I
will discuss them more at length when I come to the discussion of this
theory. This theory basically says that outside forces control your
behavior, and is divided into three categories of controls;
-Differential Association Theory
-Control Theory
-Labeling Theory
I hope you will find this beneficial, especially if you are a student taking sociology.
This will be on two of my blogs:
http://garamble.blogtownhall.com/
http://apacheangel.wordpress.com/