SOCB42H3 Study Guide - Critical Theory, Sociological Theory, French Revolution

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Chapter 1: they have an ideological significance, they ve been instrumental in helping to build sociology as an independent discipline & an institutional profession. Most of the theories written in the book are from the time of french revolution (1789-1799) & ww1 (officially ending in 1919) In this period societies were transforming, by the end of 18th century people were rural, conservative, uneducated, & ignored by the state (unless they were criminals) & lacked org. structure. Early twentieth, people became more bureaucratic, educated etc. The most dramatic change that occurred in the 19th cent. Involved the transformation of the way subjects viewed themselves in the social world. Feudal concepts gave rise to class distinction (commoner vs. aristocrats); & after having replaced this feud with the idea of democracy & equality rights, sociology came as a part of & a response to this shift. By1920 s modern stage was (now) had been established. (tech, bureaucracy, lifestyle, govt. intervention etc. )