its own design of a political system * Adam Smith and other 18th century Scottish thinkers attempted to incorporate economic theories and issues to explain the nature of society 19th Century Sociology - Auguste Comte coined the term “sociology”; considered as the “father of sociology” - at this point in time‚ social thinkers successfully separated social issues (sociology) and issues of the state (political science) - other well known social
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Sociology and the development of human societies Pre- industrial societies Human history began about 7‚000‚000 years ago. It took over 5‚000‚000 years for these earliest humans to reach the stage described as homo erectus‚ an upright human‚ close to a human but with a smaller brain. It took over 5‚000‚000 years for these earliest humans to reach the stage described as homo erectus‚ an upright human‚ close to a human but with a smaller brain. It took 1‚500‚00 years to reach the stage of homo
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the nineteenth century and many of his classmates would go on to become major figures in France’s history. At the ENS‚ Durkheim studied with Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges a classicist with a social scientific outlook. At the same time‚ he read Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer. This made Durkheim interested in a scientific approach to society very early on in his career. Durkheim finished second to last in his graduating class. After spending a year studying sociology in Germany he traveled to Bordeaux
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collections and also other governmental resources to establish pensions‚ income support‚ child benefits and various stipends for people of the non-Muslim community. In the West‚ proponents of scientific social planning‚ such as the sociologist Auguste Comte‚ and social researchers‚ such as Charles booth‚ contributed to the emergence of social policy in the industrialized nations. Other significant examples in the history of development of social policy are the Bismarckian welfare state in Germany
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Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda‚ his earlier name was Narendranatha Dutta was born on 12th january 1863‚ the auspicious day of Makarasankranthi. His father‚ Viswanatha Dutta was a lawyer. Mother Bhuvaneshwari Devi considered her son as a gift of the Lord Shiva. From the childhood days itself he has a deep desire to help others. As Naren grew‚ his sharp intellect and spirit of inquiry began to raise many doubts about the existence of God. The meeting with Sree Ramakrishna changed Naren’s
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banks. 3. -Social marginality -Social crises – ex. Hurricane makes your realize how much you depend on everyone else for everything. i.e. food‚ water‚ truck drivers. 4. August Comte – Founded sociology as a discipline. French social thinker coined the term “sociology” The scientific method of psychology. Positivism – faith in science and reason as the path to knowledge to TRUTH. The Enlightenment – late 1600’s to early 1700’s – Period in European history in which science/reason replaced faith/religion
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SOCIAL EVOLUTIONISM & HISTORICISM (Aguilar‚ Alexa Nicole Dizon‚ Isabela Maquimot‚ Jaimee Faye) * Introduction to Social/Sociocultural Evolutionism Commonalities among Classical Theories * Social Evolution is the process by which structural reorganization is affected through time‚ eventually producing a form or structure which is qualitatively different from the ancestral form. * Society is inevitable to change. * Societies start out in a primitive state and gradually become
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Max Weber: A Biography‚ H. Zohn (trans.)‚ G. Roth (intro)‚ New Brunswick: Transaction [pic] Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) Sociological reasoning predates the foundation of the discipline [pic] Auguste Comte (1798-1857) [pic] Karl Marx (1818-1883) [pic] Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) Life Claude Henri de Rouvroy‚ comte de Saint-Simon‚ was born in Paris‚ France‚ October 17‚ 1760‚ to an impoverished aristocratic family An excellent edition of the works of Saint-Simon and Enfantin was published by the survivors
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theory that sees societies as a complex social organism. August Comte who is considered the father of sociology held the view that society’s social structure help to promote solidarity and stability. Functional theorists are concerned with how patterns of behavior help Societies function. It was also Comte’s idea that sociological investigations should be carried out scientifically - an approach known as positivism. Emile Durkheim work advanced the structural-functional theory
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Agha Zuhaib Khan Past and Important Solved MCQS Sociology 1) When the researcher asks the respondent face to face question‚ this method is called: (a) Interview Schedule (b) Questionnaire (c) Observation (d) Interview guide (e) None of these 2) Power that people consider legitimate is known as: (a) Force (b) Right (c) Authority (d) Previlege (e) None of these 3) Social Structure of a society is the network of: (a) Institutional relations (b) Value System (c) Traditions (d) Compliance
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