SOCL 2001 Chapter : Review Notes Ch 1-6
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Historical events that you witness impact you in a certain way. Historical context- helps tell the story about you. The function of sociology as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden pierre bourdieu (lots on crime/how; people watching) August comte: coined the term sociology, positivism or social physics (idea that society can be studied scientifically and logically) thought science needed to explain human behavior needed to make moral sense of society as religious authority declined. 3 historical epistemological stages (comte: theological stage- society is the result of divine will (happens because of god"s plan, metaphysical stage- human behavior governed by natural, biological instincts, scientific stage- develop a social physics to understand human behavior. 1st to translate comte"s works into english (and greatly improved their readability) Comte liked her translation so much he assigned hers rather than his. How to observe morals and manners (she wrote, 1st sociology methods book)
