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Sociology is the scientific study of human society. The function of sociology, as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden. pierre bourdieu. Positivism or social physics: the idea that society can be studied scientifically and logically: needed to make moral sense of society as religious authority declined. Comte"s 3 historical epistemological stages: epistemology- the nature of knowledge, theological stage. Society is the result of divine will: metaphysical stage, human behavior is governed by natural, biological instincts, scientific stage, develop a social physics to understand human behavior. First to translate comte"s works to english: authored how to observe morals and manners, one of the earliest feminist social scientists. Social institutions: networks of structures in society that socialize groups of people within them. Social structures are networks of people that perform individual tasks. Examples: legal system (composed of police department, court, prison, etc. ) education system military system (the complete institution)
