SOCL 2001 : Test 1
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Sociology: the scientific study of human society (plural for person, there are various sizes of society, ex. The function of sociology, as for every science, is to reveal that which is hidden. pierre bourdieu. Comte"s three historical epistemological stages: epistemology: what knowledge is, theological stage, society is the result of divine will, rip, metaphysical stage, human behavior governed by natural. Harriet martineau: was the first to translate comte"s works to english, she is the author of how to observer morals & manners, this is the first sociology methods book. It argued that institutions of marriage was designed around age of female: marriage, female role, etc, one of the earliest feminist social scientists. Using you sociological imagination: private troubles vs. public issues, make the familiar strange (take things that are familiar to you and put them aside, question habits or customs that seem natural to us.
