Introduction to Sociology/Deviance/Jinsu Bae

1. Summary

Deviance is an act that does not comply with the rules set by humans. Humans are distracted by things they are unfamiliar with, and humans hate it. So, humans define this as deviant and call it unusual. Deviations are largely classified as formal bias and informal bias. Official prejudice refers to acts that violate the law. Unofficial deviations are not designated by law, but include acts that cause people to feel uncomfortable(this varies from country to country)


2. Interesting Subject

Society is made up of individual members of society interacting with each other. Even if grew up in the same environment, it is inevitable that each individual has different values. So, it is natural that conflict arises. I had a curiosity about how this is handled, and this section has given me an additional opportunity to explore. The theory of conflict pioneered by K. Marx, M. Weber, and G. Simmel emphasizes the conflicts that exist among the various groups of society, and through its conceptualization and generalization, It is a sociological theory to analyze and explain.

Marx saw human history as a history of class conflict. All social change was seen as the result of conflicts and struggles between the ownership group of the means of production and the non-owning group to win it. On the other hand, Weber established a theory of power conflict that arises from the inequality of power distribution. This came to R. Dahrendorf and established a theory of conflict that explains the conflict by the difference in the interests due to the differential distribution of authority. Finally, On the psychological premise, Zimmer's theory of social functioning of conflicts came to L. A. Coser as a functional conflict theory. This theory is based on the theory that reproduction is justified and reproduced in the existing unequal hierarchy and class structure rather than activating the movement between social class and class and that the selection and distribution of school knowledge is centered on a particular class or class The curriculum has brought about the development of sociology.

conflict theory


3. Discussion Point

I have examined these theories and have always thought about how humans conflict and deviate. Maybe, I already know the answer. There is a confrontation in every conflict theory presented above. It is a personal vs. an individual, or a group vs a group. I think, if such conflicts between individuals or groups are to be reduced, then the deviations will also diminish. Though this was not materialized, I thought of a conciliatory measure as a means of restraining deviance. How to relieve tension and perhaps understand each other is effective in preventing deviations?

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