SOC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Center For American Progress, Mass Production, Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
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The history of sociology can be thought of as a conversation about the what"s, how"s, and why"s of society; A conversation that has been going on throughout history in a general way, But a conversation that became modern around 1800. Tried using scientific knowledge to be empirical and observe. Conversation about society became the field of sociology. And a conversation that formally became the field of sociology around 1880. A back and forth conversation about society. Before enlightenment we used to turn to religion to tell us the truth. Capable of moving society forward when people are given science. They said too much individuality leads to anarchy. Differentiation of social sciences within the university. With these tools, we try to analyze the change around us. Decline in the power of the church. Individual is worth something- applies to women too. As the economic, social and political change in europe became more dramatic in the.
