SOC100 Lecture Notes - Anomie, Macrosociology, Microsociology
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Harriet martineau (1802 1876: use comte"s work true science of human nature, studied religion, politics, childrearing, slavery, and immigration in categories of race, class, and gender, call for equality of woman/woman"s rights movement, wrote society in america, an analysis of social customs she observed while travelling around the entire us in 1834, wrote first sociological methods book on participant observing. Herbert spencer (1820 1903: influenced by biologist charles darwin (1809 1882) and his theory of evolution, most people believe darwin coined the term survival of the fittest" but spencer actually used the term to justify social inequalities, essentially it was his belief that those with wealth and power deserved it, because they were the fittest members of society. Max weber (1864 1920: described how protestantism and the religions values towards hard work, accumulation of capital, and frugality led to the development of modern capitalism, increasing rationalization of society (bureaucracy, studied social action through the meanings people attach to their actions.
