SOCI 420 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Thomas Robert Malthus, Modernization Theory
20 Apr 2017
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3 main points: some of the rst theories that came from sociology were during 2 major time periods of our history, the enlightenment and the industrial revolution. Humans during this time period were very optimistic with the ideas surrounding human beings and human societies. During this period humans believed that nature could be tamed, because they were studying natural laws of our universe: although the majority of people during the enlightenment and the industrial. Revolution were optimistic about being able to tame nature, there was a man who was thinking centuries ahead of their time. His name was thomas robert malthus, and he believed the population grew geometrically(2,4,8,16,32), and the amount of land put under cultivation and food output grew arithmetically(1,2,3,4). Either- 3 questions, or make 3 informed comments, or a combination of the two: I can understand how back then they thought that nature could be tamed or.
