SOC100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Technological Change, Friedrich Engels, Anomie
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The modern study of sociology began with the enlightenment. An important era in western philosophical, intellectual, scientific, and cultural life. It opposed traditional hierarchies, superstitions, and unwanted privilege. They believe people can build better societies in the future. These aspirations are seen in work by the three founders of sociology => w/m/d. Technological change and the rise of sociology are connected. Both seem to improve the everyday lives of ordinary people, but often fail. Wrote suicide to set up sociology as a recognized academic discipline. Used the sociological method (founded on the principle that. Social facts must be studied as things, as realities external to the individual ) to explain suicide. Showed the isolation and deregulation of modern life is dangerous to well-being. Born in 1818 to well-off parents in prussia. With friedrich engels, co-wrote the manifesto of the communist party. Argues that capitalism creates two opposing classes, the.
