SOCA 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Harriet Martineau, Auguste Comte, Social Statics
20 Jan 2017
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The enlightenment: equality, liberty, and fundamental human rights. The industrial revolution: shift from agriculture to manufacturing. Urbanization: mass migration from rural farms to urban factories. Analyzed social statics (the way society is held together) Positivism--a belief that accurate knowledge must be based on the scientific method. One of the earliest observers of american culture. Harriet martineau used the powers of social observation to record and analyze the social structure of american society. Argued for the importance of ideas, ideologies, and charismatic leaders. Rationalization of society the long-term historical process by which rationality replaced tradition as the basis for organizing social and economic life. Alienation of the worker from the family/employer. Analyzed social order, social solidarity, division of labor, and social integration. Organic solidarity: modern industrial, bonds based on specialization and interdependence. One of the first sociologists to use community studies as the basis for sociological work.
