SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Royal Statistical Society, Utopian Socialism, Class Conflict
Document Summary
History & background: exploitation of the colonial poor, revolt, national and social movements, methodological advances- "the social question", government- collect data on social issues, reform (e. g. , criminal statistics), the london statistical society (1831), acknowledged agnostics/atheists include major figures. Influenced all of mainstream sociology; influenced functionalism and marxism: harmonious paradigm. "industrialization", "social psychology", "positivism: applied terminology to vocabulary of sociology, first to deal with problems in society. Increasing industrialization: growth of science, critical enlightenment thought, constant revolts. Sought to create a new and organic social order based upon new principles: what will reconstruct society to make it back, 18th enlightenment thinkers are critical and revolutionary, 19th inventive and constructive. Stages evolving from science: way from being objective. His work: human knowledge, 3 stages, theological, metaphysical, scientific. Social physiology: must become a positive science, study of physical/ social phenomena, study of human conduct. Scientific knowledge: to replace religious dogma, education, replace international scientific industrial elite, positivism.
