SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Auguste Comte, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution
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What was the context for the birth of sociology. Not the first person to look at human society. What makes comte different? other philosophers before comte were focused on their vision of an ideal society and less concerned about looking at society the way it actually was. Textbook (3 things that lead to the classification) Pioneering scientific method (measurements, hypothesizes and testing them, gravity, stars): evidence. Positivism: apply scientific method to social world (comte) Closely linked to scientific revolution because of the technological advancements. Work for strangers instead of families (independent people suffered) Urbanization, factories act as magnets to attract people from the country. Social problems: homelessness, crime, due to too many people too fast in cities. French revolution (embodiment of ideals of the demo rev ex/ restricting church role and overthrowing monarchy) Divine right of king = god"s plan, if you were poor, you were meant to be poor. Democratic revolution moved away from this divine right.
