CAS SO 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Auguste Comte, Verstehen, Scientific Method
21 Aug 2016
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Catalysts for sociological change in the 19th century: french revolution, industrial revolution, social upheaval, haitian and american revolutions. Economic change from agriculture to wage workers people moved to cities because the rich displaced them by enclosing their rural land and revoking their right to live there: land was sold off or used in for-profit agriculture. England began to take over the textile industry from india: satanic mills led to labor movements and 1848 rebellions. People began to own their own apartments so they were no longer beholden to family or religious leaders. Scholars began to explore cultures, societies, and technology. Rise of rational thinkers in europe: challenged the ideas of religion and nature, evolution, people as organisms, biologic determinism, society became the unit of analysis, auguste comte began to use the scientific method. Karl marx focused on politics and theory. He was a historical sociologist who was heavily influenced by philosophy and economics.
