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Sociological Perspective

KITRELL HILL

HI4005527

SOC 100

SOCIOLOGY I

SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

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The sociologists analyze and assess the social phenomena at various different levels and from different perspectives such as from the concrete interpretations to the sweeping generalizations of the society and the social behavior of the individuals. The sociologists study deeply everything from the specific events ranging from the small issues to the “big picture or large social patterns. The Sociologists use different designs, methods and perspective to study the society and the social behavior of the people. The different perspectives that are being used or rather employ are theoretical perspectives: the symbolic interactionist perspective, the functionalist perspective as well as the conflict perspective. These perspectives offer sociologists with great theoretical paradigms for describing or explaining about how the society influences the people. Each and every perspective uniquely conceptualizes the society and human behavior.

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The symbolic interactionist perspective:

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The social interactionist perspective is also known as “symbolic interactionism” and it helps or rather directs the sociologists to consider the symbols and details of everyday life, what these symbols mean, and how people interact with each other. “Symbolic Interactions as thought of by Herbert Blumer, is the process of interaction in the formation of meanings for individuals. Blumer was a devotee of George H. Mead, and was influenced by John Dewey. Dewey insisted that human beings are best understood in relation to their environment. With this as his inspiration, Herbert Blumer outlined Symbolic Interactionism, a study of human group life and conduct”, (Nelson D. Lindsey, (1998), “Herbert Blumer’s symbolic Interaction”.

The symbolic interactionist perspective uses the people symbols and then act according to their subjective interpretation of these symbols. The words that are used are not static in nature and they need or require the intention as well as the interpretation. Conversation is regarded as the process of communication or interaction of symbols between individuals who uses them for expressing their views to people and thus on the basis of it human nature can be depicted

The functionalist perspective:

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The functionalist perspective is also known as the functionalism and each and every aspect of the society is interdependent as well as contributes towards the society's functioning as a whole. Be it the government, or state they work for the society and contributes towards them as because they provides education for the children of the family that in turn pays taxes on which the state or the government is dependent for running itself. According to this theory of perspective the functionalists believe that the society is held together by social consensus or through cohesion, in which the members of the society agree to terms and conditions and work together to achieve or gain best for society as a whole.

The conflict perspective:

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The conflict perspective of studying the society and human behavior is said to be originated primarily from the writings of Karl Marx's on the class struggles that presents the society in a different perspective than what do the functionalist and symbolic interactionist perspectives present. The other two perspective theories basically focus on the positive aspects of the society that contribute a lot towards the stability of the society. “This perspective enables us to see how even the most undesirable aspects of social life, such as war, racism, sexism, etc., are bound up with otherwise normal functioning of societies and their institutions. These insights are especially crucial for those wanting to bring about change”, (Crossman Ashley, (2013), “Functionalist Perspective”.

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The conflict perspective focuses on the conflicted, negative as well as on the changing nature of the society. This conflict perspective theory challenge the status quo and encourages the social change and have faith in powerful and wealthy people force and the social order on the weak and penury people

References:

Collins, Randall (1994). Four Sociological Traditions: Selected Readings. Oxford University Press.

Crossman Ashley, (2013), “Functionalist Perspective”.

Nelson D. Lindsey, (1998), “Herbert Blumer’s symbolic Interaction”.