A vibrant crowd enjoying a live music concert with hands raised in excitement.

Same crowd. Three stories.

Sociologists use functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism to read society three ways.

Society: Three Lenses—Functionalism, Conflict, Interaction

A human anatomy model with visible skeleton and organs on a plain white backdrop for educational purposes.

Functionalism: society as a body

People occupy stable roles that create emergent order, a level beyond any individual.

Society: Three Lenses—Functionalism, Conflict, Interaction

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