SOCIOL 2KK3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sociological Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, Rationality
13 Nov 2022
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Historical distinction in sociological theory: classical theory, traditionally referred to ideas that were developed in the writiings of several theorists, especially karl marx, emile durkheim, and max weber. These ideas were developed in the late 19th century to the early 20th century: marx and weberproduced writings that sociologists see as foundational texts in sociology. Their writing constitutes as canon in the entire field of sociology: early women sociologists and w. e. b. Although classical theory has traditionally referred to the work of these three white men, the term has increasingly been used to describe the work of previously overlooked early theorists. Several early women sociologists started to develop feminist theory in the 19th century and the early 20th century. Du bois bean to develop theoretical ideas about race relations. However, due to the fact that these sociologists were either women and/or minorities, they were long marginalized and works were overlooked in the history of sociological theory.
