Peter Berger

Question 1

Strange in the Familiar

Answer 1

• proposed an idea different from the sociological imagination
• ex. It is the social norms to have coffee to wake up in the morning, Peter argues you must analyze why and analyze the strange in the familiar

Question 2

general in the particular

Answer 2

• more similar to the sociological imagination
  ex. analyzing people in different situations and see what they all have in common

Question 3

Sociological Consciousness

Answer 3

• Integration of debunking motif, unrespectable motif, relativization motif, and cosmopolitan motif (see Venn diagram on slides)

Question 4

Building Blocks of Sociological Consciousness Development

Answer 4

• Debunks social beliefs; understand and analyze norms and why you comply to them
• Seek deviance; seek out different behaviours than your own and consider them within your analysis
• Cultural relativization;
• Be social chameleons; always be ready to talk and interact with people