SOCL 2001 : Sociology 2001 Exam 1
Document Summary
The development of sociology: auguste comte- father of sociology, coined term sociology , social physics, law of human progress (theological->metaphysical- >scientific: social statics/dynamics, static- how to study stable/no change society. You only believe you"re middle class but it won"t last: he was wrong to think this bc in the future the middle class stayed. In usa, we have the most inequality: emile durkheim- social integration, looked at society then individual, quantitative analyses on suicide (vs qualitative analyses, used real data and numbers. First guy to make sociology a science: he said suicide is ultimately individual behavior and no one else is involved. Our most individualistic behavior has to do with social structure: looked at who committed suicide and determined non- married, white, male, protestants are most likely, mechanical/organic solidarity, and collective conscience (norms) When we believe in our society, we do not go out of our norm or do deviant behavior: suicide is deviant behavior.
