SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Socratic Dialogue, Industrial Society, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

An introduction to a predominantly french strand of thought leading to sociology in the work of durkheim. Eliminate knowledge based on prejudice or tradition (or religious precept) Divide questions into simplest parts > no matter how complex the question. Begin with most simple move to more complex. Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum (i think therefore i am) Variety of interests scientific, mechanical, philosophical, literary (emerging sociological) Perfectibility of humankind, progress (through scientific knowledge), dispel. Landowner, philosophe, power of ideas, traveled widely, immersed in world of letters . Persian letters morality play, candid analysis of 18th century life in france. Considerations on the roman empire historically based analysis. Government must reflect the spirit of the people. Based on observations of social struc and historical struc as a whole. Fall of roman empire was due to corruption of gov. Led state to become dissociated from the spirit of population of whole.