SOCL 2001 Lecture : Sociology Ch. 1-2 Notes
Document Summary
Max weber and the protestant ethic karl marx and class conflict. The industrial revolution masses of people moved to cities in search of work grew out of social upheaval imperialism of the time rise of the scientific method. The french revolution: upsetting the entire social order, the french revolution removed the past as sure guide. Auguste comte: credited founder of sociology began to analyze the bases of the social order stressed that the scientific method should be applied to the study. Positivism: applying the scientific method to the social world comte began to wonder what holds society together comte coined the term sociology. Herbert spencer: second founder of sociology applied scientific method to his works coined the term survival of teh fittest- darwin he thought that helping the poor was wrong, that this merely helped the less fit people.
