SOC103H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jeremy Bentham, Michel Foucault, Auguste Comte
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Starting points: a sociological journey lorne tepperman: chapter 1 introducting sociology. Founding figures: karl marx, max weber, and mile durkheim. Robert merton: key figure developing functional theory, wrote social theory and social structure (1957) Hereodotus: world"s first historian devoted attentions between egyptians, greeks and persians (484 . Emile durkheim: introduced the term anomie or normlessness , wrote suicide (1897) laying the foundation and establishing sociology as a discipline in academia. Michael foucault: wrote discipline and punish (1975) analysis of prisons and imprisionment all modern society"s a prison. Jeremy bentham: named the design for a prison that guards can go unseen while constantly watching the prisoners a panopticon. Anomie/normlessness: the condition typical in times of rapid social change, social norms are weakened or in conflict with each other. Sociology: the systematic study of social behaviour, or the study of society, focuses on external influences.
