For Thursday, 7/11

Prep

• ‘Sociology and the Sociological Perspective’, Sections 1.1 (‘The Sociological Perspective’), 1.2 (‘Understanding Society’), and 1.3 (‘Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology’)
• Karl Marx, Thesis XI of ‘Theses on Feuerbach’
• Max Weber, ‘The Case for Value-Free Sociology’, excerpted from ‘Politik als Beruf’(1920)
• Joel Best, ‘Telling the Truth About Damned Lies and Statistics’, The Chronicle of Higher Education(4 May 2001). Note: You can just skim this one.

In Class

1. ‘Activity: Find Top Authorities for a Subject’ (cont’d)
2. BREAK
3. Discussion:
   1. The Sociological Imagination
   2. Macro vs. Micro
   3. Social Facts
   4. Objectivity
   5. Public Sociology
4. Manifesto: ‘Facts are not given. They must be taken’.
5. Low-Stakes Writing Assignment: What Are Your Goals for the Course?
6. For Next Time

For Next Time

• Adam Smith, ‘The Invisible Hand’ (1876)
• Svenonius, Ian. 2015. ‘Against Tipping’. Jacobin.