Sociology 2270A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sociological Inquiry, Technocracy, Social Darwinism
5 Oct 2018
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Enligthenment, conservative reaction, comte and spencer: key points, recap: theory and practice. Social and intellectual forces: early origins of sociology: Conservative reaction: early founders of sociology, comte and h. spencer, seminar discussion: Foundations of sociological theory: modern europe, social and intellectual forces in 19th and early 20th centuries, social forces: political revolutions e. g. american, french revolutions; industrial revolution and capitalism; urbanization; feminism; science; Early origins of sociology: enlightenment, movement of thought by philosophes in mid-18th century france, best des(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)ed as (cid:862)liberal individualism(cid:863): i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s possessio(cid:374) of critical reason; Ages: co(cid:374)servative rea(cid:272)tio(cid:374): bo(cid:374)ald"s argu(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts, there is always an authority higher than the individual; Theological stage: world before 1300: knowledge dominated by rigid, traditional, religious ways of thinking: metaphysical stage: world between 1300-1800: knowledge expressed in vague and a(cid:271)st(cid:396)a(cid:272)t (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)epts like (cid:862)(cid:374)atu(cid:396)e(cid:863); Scientific stage: world beginning in 1800s: knowledge based on science in search of laws to study physical and social world: developed a (cid:862)hierar(cid:272)hy of s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)es(cid:863):
