SOC231H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Auguste Comte, Secular Religion, Industrial Revolution
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Paper titles: last name and paper name for the assignment. The theoretical frameworks and concepts of a group of european and north american scholars who were trying to understand the rapid social changes occurring all around the western society. Industrial revolution and classics-early modern history before the 20th century-classical period of sociology. Sociology as a professional field is getting institutionalized. There were no professors of sociology in 19th century. The first class was taught in university of kansas in. 1864, concurrent class for a quiet a long time but there was no degree or professors. Durkheim is the first professor of education of sociology. The classical period tend to be theorists writing at that time (emile durkheim and max weber). Changing of ruling authority of centuries invested in western society in the monarchy, in the aristocracy, in the religious institutions, catholic churches, society becoming secular and becoming democratic in political institutions.
