SOC 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gender Inequality, Puritans, Charlotte Perkins Gilman

• School: U of M
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 100
• Professor: Terence James Mc Ginn

Document Summary

Sociology became the specialized form of social change drawn from these sciences. With these intellectual tools, thinkers wanted to analyze the changes in respect to. Key ideas & importance of comte, martineau. Auguste comte evolution of world views and societies. First stage: theological our social world is controlled by supernatural beings. Second stage: metaphysical people believe their world is controlled by forces, not supernatural, extra natural (outside of natural law) ex: notion of karma. Third and final stage: scientific/positive taking the same approach to observation and applying the understanding of science to the social world french rev. Harriet martineau developed principles and methods of empirical social research (direct observation or experiences) Success as author and leader of international worker"s movement. Change is driven by conflicts related to production (economic or material conflict) History was shaped by material conditions and the relatioship within them. Conflict is the basis of social change. Conflict over the material and production, conflict between economic groups.