SOC 1101 Lecture 3: Class 3:4 - Sociological Perspectives

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Stephan Larose

Document Summary

The origins of sociology cont"d: summarizing last class & major. 4 major transformations that were essential for sociology to emerge: political revolutions - suggested that people could change society. Industrial revolution and urbanization - presented social thinkers with a host of pressing social problems crying out for a solution. Scienti c revolution - suggested that a science of society was possible. Durkheim - believed that society is more than just the sum of its parts - has a unique character / existence of its own. Social facts explained by other social facts and not just psychological attributed. Focused on the need for social institutions, stability, control. Karl marx - unconcerned with the loss of tradition. Concerned about oppression, exploitation and alienation of workers and expressed a need for change / revolution. Stressed the difference between the owning & working classes & the need to put an end to the difference by establishing a socialist society and then communism.