SOC231H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Auguste Comte, Contemporary Sociology, Social Philosophy
Document Summary
We can define as frameworks and concepts of western scholars used to understand social change. Academics of social philosophy, social reformers, cultural critics. Sociology- an academic discipline organized around attempt to create a study of economic social and political structure of western society. Settled around small amount of critical writers that have had lasting influence on contemporary sociology. What was changing during this time is 1800s to early 1900. Movement of people from rural to urban. Social processes problems due to influx of people. Bourgeois and working class upheaval of monarchy. Socal systems could not be analysed based on belief and religion. Auguste comte (1798-1857) invented the term sociology (and altruism) and the idea as a scientific discipline. Ended up founding a religious sect- churches of humanity felt sociology was queen of sciences. Altruism, order and progress or church of positivism. Love as principle order as basis progress as goal.
