SOCL 2001 : SOCIOLOGY Test 1
Document Summary
The function of sociology, as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden. It describes those invisible forces that bind us together. Society is very broad, but sociologists are interested in it all. Auguste comte (1st sociologist): coined the term sociology : positivism or social physics idea that society can be studied scientifically and logically, needed to make moral sense of society as religious authority declined. Theological- society is the result of divine will: things happen because of god"s will. Metaphysical- human behavior governed by natural biological instincts. Scientific- develop a social physics to understand human behavior. Harriet martineau: first to translate comte"s work to english: authored: how to observe morals and manners (1st sociological methods book, one of the earliest feminist social scientist. Social institutions networks of structures that socialize groups of people within them: ex.
