SOAN 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter chapter 8: Totalitarianism, Utopian Socialism, Bourgeoisie

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Saint simon and comte official founders of sociology were influenced by. Bonald and accepted some of his basic assumptions. Saint simon sometimes regarded as founder of socialism. Marx gave him the name utopian socialist saint simon lived and wrote before industrial development had reached critical point at which point the. Contradictions of capitalism had become clear in marx"s view - simon could not see the conflict of interest between major classes of industrial system. Treated them as one class with common interest left bourgeois property institutions intact in blue print for future society. Simon had no appreciable difference from an ideological point of view between ideas of simon and comte both thinkers advanced a sociological theory that is little more than scientific rationale for a totalitarian type of society. Simon was self-educated help from private tutors (d"alembert) Fought with distinction in american revolution and had been among first to advance a scheme for a canal to join atlantic with pacific.

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