Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Class Conflict, Nature (Philosophy), Persian Letters
14 Oct 2016
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French revolution made the new calendar that wasn"t based on christianity. Created by the larger social structure of society to use to reason and rationality. Enlightenment theories argued that the physical world is dominated by natural laws - not all these theorists are consistent in terms of where they fall on the left or right. Locke - mind is a blank slate at birth - moves away from theology - the mind was created by society. One of the first thinkers to argue that we socially construct our own realities. Montesquieu - first person to understand society in a scientific way - direct criticism of christianity and. God - looked for relationships between social variables - first thinker that society can be classified or typed. Enlightenment: a philosophy of new ideas of justice and truth - began to rationalize napoleons actions (restoration of order/justice)
