Kyle Burgoyne
I have recently changed my views of sports and some life
questions from the functionalist perspective to the sociocultural
perspective. The only part about the
sociocultural perspective that I don’t like is the fact that it makes social
change seem extremely difficult. This is
due to the fact that to want social change people have to have such a unique
set of internalized beliefs about the world to actual one; want the same change,
and two; be willing to do enough to create such a change. Those
two characteristics just seem so rare in combination. People might talk and talk and talk about
social change and put something on paper about having both those characteristic
but until action need to be taken, nothing anyone can say or put on paper
really means anything. All we can hope
for is that those people whom are indirectly affected will see how directly
they are affected and internalize the belief that they should bring about
change too.
2 comments:
Alex Burke
I too have changed my perspective these last few months. As we discussed in our final meeting, no one Social Theory is the best way to look at sports sociology. With that said, I definitely associate myself with the interactionalist as I too was a functionalist prior 332i. To comment on social change, I think you may be able to add a third characteristic and that is the audacity and fearlessness to take the first step and sacrifice everything you have to make progress.
Justin Choi
I also gained a lot from learning about the theories this year but i related myself more with the critical theory and how it was so centered around the idea of solving the problems that were rampant in sports and progress seems to be the general goal that everyone wants to strive for, but i was thinking of a more direct and immediate result.
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