SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Symbolic Interactionism, Bourgeoisie, Manifest And Latent Functions And Dysfunctions
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Growth of science, industrial revolution and capitalism, the rise of states and political revolutions, urbanization: growth of science. Emile derkheim wanted to create a kind of social science (a science of society) Positivism: cornerstone of natural sciences; real research can be objective and value-free. Derkheim wanted to apply positivism to the science of society. There was a real move away from influence of religion as science interest grew. Science challenged religious-rooted beliefs: industrial revolution and capitalism. A move away from agriculture to factories and machinery. Brought huge changes to how people made a living and where they were living. Farmers made profit from work on land. Factories were owned by one person and that person had many people working for him. Owner of factory made money and workers didn"t really make a lot. Capitalism was related to an idea of free-market place. Wanted to bring down wages of workers as much as possible: urbanization.
