Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Social Fact, Ibm Officevision, Sociological Perspectives
4 Sep 2014
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Meaning that society could be fixed with the appropriate medicines and. Auguste comte (1798-1857): founder of sociology: saw sociology as both science and religion, thought of sociologists as the priests to guide society. George herbert mead (1934): founded the earliest and still influential school of microsociology and symbolic. Everett hughes: came to be known as one of the great sociologists of his time: first affiliated with mcgill then later laval, wrote french canada in transition (1943)-remains an international classic. Leonard marsh: from london school of economics researched at mcgill and researched canadians during great depression (had a lasting impact on canadian society) helped found the league for social reconstruction-laid foundation for canadian social security system. Industrial revolution, made a need for new disciplinethus was born the modern science of sociology: british influence was brought over by leonard marsh from london school of economics. Society returns to equilibrium after dysfunction (part of functionalism theory)
