SOAN 2112 Quiz: 2112 Saint Simon & Comte

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2112
• Professor: Linda Hunter

Document Summary

I history and background: exploitation of the colonial poor, revolts, national and social movements, methodological advances the social question , government collect data on social issues. These conditions prompted utopian socialism, marxism, anarchy, christian socialism, movements to abolish slavery (great methodological advances took place at this time which helped to address what was known at the time as the social question: reforms (e. g. criminal statistics) Hanging for minor theft was eliminated, meritocracy, as opposed to aristocracy, was looked at closer (the need defined the right/just answer which inspired methodological inspection: the london statistical society (1831) Official statistics, used as evidence to support the need for a more just society, always formed after non-governmental organizations dealt with the issues: acknowledged agnostics/atheists include major figures marx, engels, j. s. Ii henri (comte) de saint simon (1760-1825: influenced all of mainstream sociology; influenced functionalism and marxism. Marx and durkheim picked up on comte"s theories.