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Auguste Comte |
Father of Sociology |
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Auguste Comte |
He formulated the term sociology |
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Socious |
Society |
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Logos |
Study of |
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Auguste Comte |
Sociology was referred to him as social physics. |
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Auguste Comte |
He advocated the idea of positivism. |
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Auguste Comte |
He was also interested in 2 major social concerns- law of dynamics and low of statics. |
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Harriet Martineau |
First female sociologist. |
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Harriet Martineau |
She translated various works from Comte. |
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Harriet Martineau |
She has said "when one studies a society, one must focus on all aspects including key political, religious and social institution. |
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Harriet Martineau |
She believed a through societal analysis was necessary to understand woman's status. |
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Karl Marx |
Father of scientific socialism. |
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Karl Marx |
He introduced the materialistic analysis of history which discounts religions and metaphysics (spiritual) explanation for historical development. |
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Karl Marx |
He believed that the misery and exploitation of the working lower class in society was caused by capitalism- the existing industrial order. |
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Karl Marx |
Bourgeoisie and proletariat. |
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Emile Durkheim |
Pioneer of functionalism in sociology. |
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Emile Durkheim |
Introduced the concept of solidarity- a kind of social integration as the glue necessary to make society function. |
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Emile Durkheim |
Wrote a book entitled Suicide, in which he studied the causes underlying the decision to take one's own life. |
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Max Weber |
Pioneer of Interpretive Sociology. |
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Max Weber |
Bureaucracy and restriction in human freedom and creativity. |
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Franz Boas |
Father of American Sociology. |
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Franz Boas |
He was the first anthropologist to have rejected the biological basis of racism or racial discrimination. |
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Franz Boas |
He also rejected the popular Western idea of social evolution or the development of societies from lower to higher forms. |
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Franz Boas |
Historical Particularism. |
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Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski |
He is one of the most influential ethnographer in the 20th century. |
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Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski |
Based on his field study, he developed what social scientists now call as participant observation. |
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Alfred Reginald Radcliffe- Brown |
He became the Chair in Social Anthropology in Oxford (1937) |
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Alfred Reginald Radcliffe- Brown |
He saw individuals as mere products of social structures. |
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Alfred Reginald Radcliffe- Brown |
He developed the theory of structural functionalism. |
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Physics |
Quantitative. |
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Social Science |
Qualitative. |
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Dynamics |
Social change. |
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Statics |
Social order. |
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Burgeoise |
Upper class. |
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Proletanat |
Lower class. |
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Functionalism |
To make the country fuction. |
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2 types of solidarity |
Mechanic and Organic Solidarity. |
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Mechanic Solidarity |
Homogelity. |
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Organic Solidarity |
Because of goal. |
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Interpretive Sociology |
The importance of meaning and action when studying social trends and problems. |
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Bureaucracy |
Lead the country by the person who is not elected. |
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2 types of status |
Achieved and Ascribed Status. |
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Achieved Status |
Hardship |
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Ascribed Status |
Since birth was already rich. |
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Historical Particularism |
We are particular of what happenned and also there's a background. |
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Capitalism |
The existing industrial order. |
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Solidarity |
A kind of social integration. |