SY102 Lecture Notes - Labour Power, Protestant Work Ethic, Auguste Comte
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Sociological task- develop a wide ranging system of ideas or general explanations about social relations. The history of modern sociological theories started with the age of reason/ enlightenment. Zeitlin: identifies 6 social conditions that helped the emergence of enlightenment: political revolution- resulted in the disorder and break down of traditions. Scholars were challenged to explain order and disorder, stability and the change that occurred after these revolutions: industrial revolution- technological advances and development of large industries. Changes caused a migration of ppl from farms to urban centers to find employment. Scholars were concerned with the disruption of traditional social relations and the conditions of working class: rise of socialism- ppl in poverty start looking for another way of life. Scholars want to develop a social system with more equality in ownership and means of production: urbanization- everyone travelling from villages to cities caused overcrowding, pollution, nose, traffic, crimes.
