Sociologists
Auguste Comte - correct answer ✔"father of sociology" focused on the
improvement of society. He believed in positivism (a science based on where
we can be positive or sure). He coined the term sociology, and distinguished
the difference between social statics and social dynamics
Harriet Marineau - correct answer ✔best known for her translation of comet's
positive philosophy. She also made contributions in the areas of research
methods, political economy, and feminist theory. In society of America she
established herself as a pioneering feminist theory because she saw the link
between slavery and the oppression of women.
Herbert Spencer - correct answer ✔He compared society to the human
body. He also introduced a theory of social change called social darwinism,
based on evolution. Thought that evolutionary social change led to progress,
provided people did not interfere. Natural social selection would ensure
survival of the fittest. Opposed social reform.
Karl Marx - correct answer ✔He predicted that eventually there would only
be two social classes the bourgeoisie (capitalist) and the proletariat. The key
to the unfolding of history was class conflict between the bourgeoisie and the
proletariat. capitalism to communism
Émile Durkheim - correct answer ✔Society exists because of a broad
consensus or agreement among members of a society. Societies were based
upon mechanical solidarity (social dependency based on wide agreement of
values and beliefs). Industrial societies are based on organic solidarity (social
interdependency based on a high degree of specialization of roles). He first
introduces the use of statistical techniques on suicide.
Auguste Comte - correct answer ✔"father of sociology" focused on the
improvement of society. He believed in positivism (a science based on where
we can be positive or sure). He coined the term sociology, and distinguished
the difference between social statics and social dynamics
Harriet Marineau - correct answer ✔best known for her translation of comet's
positive philosophy. She also made contributions in the areas of research
methods, political economy, and feminist theory. In society of America she
established herself as a pioneering feminist theory because she saw the link
between slavery and the oppression of women.
Herbert Spencer - correct answer ✔He compared society to the human
body. He also introduced a theory of social change called social darwinism,
based on evolution. Thought that evolutionary social change led to progress,
provided people did not interfere. Natural social selection would ensure
survival of the fittest. Opposed social reform.
Karl Marx - correct answer ✔He predicted that eventually there would only
be two social classes the bourgeoisie (capitalist) and the proletariat. The key
to the unfolding of history was class conflict between the bourgeoisie and the
proletariat. capitalism to communism
Émile Durkheim - correct answer ✔Society exists because of a broad
consensus or agreement among members of a society. Societies were based
upon mechanical solidarity (social dependency based on wide agreement of
values and beliefs). Industrial societies are based on organic solidarity (social
interdependency based on a high degree of specialization of roles). He first
introduces the use of statistical techniques on suicide.
