SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Harriet Martineau, Auguste Comte, Social Darwinism
Document Summary
Propositions that seek to explain the social world and help t make predictions about future events. Also referred to as approaches, school of thought, paradigms , or perspectives. Typically address social processes at either the micro or macro sociological level. Stated that sociology needed to be treated like any other discipline. Laid the groundwork for future sociologists and helped establish the discipline. Wrote about social changes that were radical during this time period. Advocating for social problems that were not popular at the time. Made ideas accessible to england and america. Believed societies evolve through time by adapting to their changing environment. Says that quantitative research is important and qualitative research is just as important. Not trying to justify or boost qualitative work just telling the reader what qualitative researchers do and what affect it has on their research. How do we deal with researchers bias. Coupling interviews with observation enriches the research.
