SO 202 Lecture Notes - Industrial Society
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Six conditions (19th, 20th centuries) that influenced the development of sociology in europe/na. Civil rights movement, russian revolution, french revolution. Factory work took people away from family work. Capitalism is significant cause of ultimate grievances. Health issues, density, public health concerns, lack of infrastructure. Foundation of futile society, organization of society, religion to science. Marx: religion is an institution to encourage people to accept their state (poverty) Claude henri de rouvroy, comte de saint-simon. Industrialism opened society that would abolish challenges of feudalism. Industrialism gave more opportunities to the concept of individualism, control, and agency.
