Marx Durkheim Weber
6. Critically examine the specific methods used by Marx, Durkheim, Weber for the analysis of social forces and relations in modern society.
Defining the concept of social forces and relations in modern society without assuming them as a derivatives of other sciences such as politics, philosophy, religion conclude us with the examination of them as the core foundation of classical sociological theory. Thus we will encounter with Durkeim, Marx and Weber’s conceptualization of social forces and relations in modern society.
The idea of totality is the common feature of the classical sociological theory even the philosophical backgrounds of Durkeim, Marx and Weber’s perspectives are differ from each other. Before, we must know that the main point of the totality is analyzing the total itself rather than looking at its parts, thus society itself becomes the central point of the analysis. If we develop a scheme that will focus on the key variables in analysis of Durkheim, Marx and Weber, these variables come out as psychology, nature and the religion. In the analysis of the society there are three fundamental variables: psychology, nature and religion that Durkheim, Marx and Weber emphasized respectively. Durkheim use psychology as basic assumption of his analysis, Marx use the nature and Weber use religion.
Durkheim is an important person for sociology because of his effort to establish sociology as a discipline distinct from philosophy and psychology. This effort is evident in the two main themes that permeate Durkheim 's work: the priority of the social over the individual and the idea that society can be studied scientifically. Durkheim 's concept of social facts, in particular, differentiates sociology from philosophy and psychology. Social facts are the social structures and cultural norms and values that are external to, and coercive over, individuals. Social facts are not attached to any particular individual; nor are they reducible to individual
Defining the concept of social forces and relations in modern society without assuming them as a derivatives of other sciences such as politics, philosophy, religion conclude us with the examination of them as the core foundation of classical sociological theory. Thus we will encounter with Durkeim, Marx and Weber’s conceptualization of social forces and relations in modern society.
The idea of totality is the common feature of the classical sociological theory even the philosophical backgrounds of Durkeim, Marx and Weber’s perspectives are differ from each other. Before, we must know that the main point of the totality is analyzing the total itself rather than looking at its parts, thus society itself becomes the central point of the analysis. If we develop a scheme that will focus on the key variables in analysis of Durkheim, Marx and Weber, these variables come out as psychology, nature and the religion. In the analysis of the society there are three fundamental variables: psychology, nature and religion that Durkheim, Marx and Weber emphasized respectively. Durkheim use psychology as basic assumption of his analysis, Marx use the nature and Weber use religion.
Durkheim is an important person for sociology because of his effort to establish sociology as a discipline distinct from philosophy and psychology. This effort is evident in the two main themes that permeate Durkheim 's work: the priority of the social over the individual and the idea that society can be studied scientifically. Durkheim 's concept of social facts, in particular, differentiates sociology from philosophy and psychology. Social facts are the social structures and cultural norms and values that are external to, and coercive over, individuals. Social facts are not attached to any particular individual; nor are they reducible to individual