SOC 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bourgeoisie, Ruling Class, Harriet Martineau

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1105
• Professor: Liam Kilmurray

Document Summary

Early thinkers: a concern with social order and stability. Popularized the term sociology and considered the founder. Social statics forces for social order and stability. Social dynamics forces for conflict and change. Facts must be observed, but observation and understanding require theory. Comte"s emphasis on the interconnectedness of social elements was a forerunner of modern functionalism. Until recently, she received no recognition in the field of sociology, partly because she was a woman in a male-dominated discipline and society. She was an active sociologist studying social customs and consequences of industrialism and capitalism. Staunch supporter and friend of charles darwin, and an avowed secularist: In the present state of the religious world, secularism ought to flourish. What an amount of sin and woe might and would then be extinguished. These perspectives are based on the assumption that social life is a continuous struggle in which members of powerful groups seek to control scarce resources.