An introduction to the discipline of Sociology

What is Sociology and why should we study it? This short video from Macat explains how the subject has developed over the years and introduces some of the key ideas and major thinkers who have helped to shape it in only a few minutes.

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[maxinespirit]

That is so insane how much my thinking lines up with this field and the ideas it developed (social life as an amalgamation of impressions, the misunderstanding of mental illness due to pathologising it, the west constructing the idea of the east and the implications of that). Like these were all conclusions I started to draw myself and you find out sociologists figured this out decades before you!!! How maddening it is, and how much more frustrating to only have discovered this as an entire field at the age of 22!

[snufkin]

Far too complex. You present far too many different ideas and concepts for a video that is supposed to be an introduction. Almost impossible to follow because the video is so dense, and I teach the subject.

[v.b.lopesdasilva]

I liked it. But, where are Marx, Weber, Bourdieu, Elias?

[jonesasante]

Thanks for overview of sociology I hope I can pass my class next year😇🙏🏾

[NilsKlowait]

Content-wise it's a pretty good introductory overview. However, I would strongly suggest to look up how all these theorists are pronounced. It's most certainly not 'Fuku' or 'Dukemme'.

[ramboyatt]

whats the summary of this video/ main ideas key words

[brandyadams]

Definitely broke it down to "Barney Terms"!

[jeycalc]

Africa needs birth control and higher standard of living, and education, good luck

[nathansolbach]

Michel Foucault is NOT pronounced “fuku.” Jesus, how did they mess that one up so badly? He’s only one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century! (By the way, it’s “Foo-koh” goddammit)