Cavalcanti 104 Puryear Hall Ph. Simone de Beauvoir Humans are a reflexive species. As we participate in society, interact with different groups and experience different situations in everyday life, we continue to refine our perception of reality. In doing so, we seem to help organize life only to become enslaved by such organization. It aims to show that reflections about everyday life can be systematized, disciplined and organized in ways that make for a richer life narrative.
Theorists like to think that an examined life is indeed worth living.
So, we start by exploring how reflectionswere organized in the past. As you can see, we approach sociological theory as a tool to understand reality. As we examine how its major concepts were created, how its first schools came into being, and how its paradigms were developed, we realize we are looking at models of the social worlds of its creators. Much as they used theory to make sense of their worlds, we use it today to make sense of ours. As you engage with theory, you'll find yourself critically evaluating previously held assumptions about reality, and hopefully suspending some preconceived notions, so as to better understand life in society.