SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Auguste Comte, Industrial Revolution, Social Forces
17 Sep 2016
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18th and 19th century - french revolution, american revolution. Positive changes created greater freedom and enhanced democracy. Negative changes resulted in chaos and disorder (main focus was disorder) Theorist were concerned with restoring social order - auguste comte and emile durkheim. The theorists were interested with understanding developments and resulting social problems. Early theorists were living through the industrial revolution/rise of capitalism: Late 19th and early 20th century: agricultural society shift to industrial society (farming --> manufacturing in factories, growth in manufacturing was tied to the rise in capitalism. Factory owners profiting from the workers: negative reactions > labour movement/radical movement. Radical movement to try to overthrow capitalism: early feminism - patriarchal societies (male dominated) Early female theorists were marginalized or discounted by male theorists. They did not regard gender issues as informative. Late 20th century: urbanization grew due primary to the industrial revolution. Problems with overcrowding, pollution, noise, traffic: religion. Durkheim and weber were interested in religion analysis.
