SOC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: George Herbert Mead, Content Analysis, Substance Abuse
18 Jun 2016
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Intellectual forces in the rise of sociological theory. The enlightenment period (approximately 1650-1800: people can comprehend and control the universe through reason and empirical research, the world is rules by natural laws. The conservative reaction to the enlightenment period: some were disturbed by revolution and yearned for the old days ( peace and harmony of the middle ages) Social forces in the development of sociological theory. The industrial revolution & the rise of capitalism. England (slow transition from feudalism to democracy: political stability, economic stability, access to resources. France and germany (not so slow or smooth. August comte (1897-1857: coined the term sociology . Emile durkheim: became known as the father of structural functionalism (or just functionalism) A set of logically interconnected propositions explaining how phenomena are related and from which a number of hypotheses can be derived and tested. Theories should be more than speculation, they should be testable- let the data determine the answer.
