Modernization
Key processes:
- decline of small communities
- expansion of personal choice
- increasing diversity of beliefs
- future orientation
- awareness of time
Notes:
Peter Berger identified some of the key components and processes
of modernization. Modernity consists of the patterns of life
present with industrialization.
Terms/concepts:
growth of sociology as a discipline
types of societies: Hunter Gatherer; Horticultural; Agrarian; Industrial: Post Industrial
primary and secondary groups