SOCA03Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tabula Rasa, Montesquieu, Industrial Revolution
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Locke - believes in god but also tabula rasa meaning that people are born as a blank slate. Montesquieu - did a lot of research work. Rousseau- believes that people are peaceful enlightenment period- changes the way people viewed the world and that we should go out and think critically about things. Theories- are tools that we have discovered to help us understand the world better, there is no theory that is more correct than another. Herbert spencer- came up with the theory of social darwinism takes the concept of evolution and applies it to the society. Durkheim- another functionalist philosopher - tried to explain why people were not happy in society he came up with 5 points1. Seeming alone and that everything is your fault 2. We have too much freedom - what erver works for you theory shows that no one cares 4.
