Sociology 2240E Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Social Dynamics, Class Conflict, Social Fact

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2240E
• Professor: Charles Levine

Document Summary

French revolution: predicted on the idea that social harmony and order were tied for the freedom of the rational individual, gave much rise to anarchy, blame the lack of education. Auguste come: developed a theory of the good society built around the idea of subjecting society itself to scientific scrutiny. Society could be described by scientific knowledge of social laws. Saint- simon"s central theories and methods (not just a theorist, a socialist) Critical point in society: science would replace religion, social science would become positive by being reduced to physics. The ultimate goal of any science: symbolized by the newtonian law of gravitation, which represented the unity of knowledge in its more perfect. Class conflict was between producing class and the parasitic, non producing social order would be established when society had eliminated the non producing class. This term included all activities that benefit society as a whole. With the new industrial society, inequality would be eliminated.