Sociology School of Thought

Interesting

Sociology – Basic Theory of Modern Institutionalism

Interesting

Collectivism, interesting theory.

Theory alone is of no value. Practical application of the theory is the test (John Williams Streeter)

Social construction (Sociology)

Bos saya dulu pernah bilang
“Jar, semua orang itu kalau udah lewat umur 40-an, yang dulunya ganteng itu jadi jelek, tapi yang dulunya jelek sekalipun bisa jadi ganteng. Kalau dia banyak duit”

Saya teringat kembali perkataan bos saya itu, seorang yang mungkin pendidikan formalnya biasa saja tapi pendidikan informalnya penuh filosofi. Betul, apa yang bos saya katakan itu social construction, dan itu bukan saja ganteng, tapi juga ras dan mungkin ustad dan politisi.

Social Construction:

• Race
• Gender
• Old Age (time)
• Beauty (attractiveness)
• Crime
• Genius
• Art

Sociology – Social Frame

Any human activity can be described from sociology perspective as conflict of the class (marx) or can be described as harmony (durkheim). Marx see realistic perspective while Durkheim see from idealistic one. But the major flaw is not whether which interpretation is right, the major flaw is trying to construct a model based on human activity. This model is proven in the history as failure.

Combination of perspective that can be used:

• Big 3 Economics: Smith-Capitalism, Marx and Keynes
• Big 3 Sociology: Marx-Class-Conflict, Weber-Social-Action, Durkheim-Functionalism ref
• Big 3 Innovation: Marx, Schumpeter-Creative-Distruction, (Drucker?), (Edison is inventor)

Let says Indonesia, the current situation in Indonesia can be described from transitions theory, as the country that in progress, from old technology to new technology. In order to have a smooth transition, a good governance required -in the term of transition management